Tenn stud QB transferring
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Who is gonna pay him 4 million? Nobody needs to pay him that. Everyone currently has a QB right now. Why would someone pay him more than UT is currently paying when Nico needs a school more than a school needs Nico?
The kid said (or more specifically did) I’m not showing up to practice or corresponding with my coaches unless you pay me $4 million a year. Tennessee did exactly what they had to do. Can you imagine the precedent that would set if he held out of spring practice and got what he wanted? Coach wouldn’t know who is showing up for practice each day, cause just about every decent player on the team will try the same shit.
Hats off to Tennessee.
It was a dick move on several levels. He's a complete dickhead and deserves all the vitrol coming his way. You can support capitalism and call out dick moves by complete dickheads.
That doesn’t mean you bend over and take it. You can’t run a functional football team that way. And yes, things have been headed in this direction for awhile. And just like I predicted coaches, administrators, donors, fans and the media won’t put up with that shit. It’s a bridge too far and the power brokers will united against the players if they keep trying this shit.
I’m not sure you understood my post so let me rephrase:
Nico starting at QB for Tenn this season on a new contract is still the most likely outcome IMO
I’d wait to get sanctimonious until he actually lands somewhere else
I didn’t exactly understand what you were getting at. And I 100% agree that is looking like the most likely possibility. Nobody wants him for more than $2 million, and none of his legitimate options are better than Tennessee. But I’m also not completely ruling out that Tennessee/Heuple are sick of this kid and his dad’s shit and just want to move on for better or worse.
Now, if you think he’s gonna get anything close to the $4 million he wants that’s where we disagree. Tennessee has called his bluff, no reason to pay him even 3 million if they decide they want him back. My guess is if they do re-open negotiations about 2.6 million will be UT’s best offer and they won’t move off that much.
Interesting thought. I wouldn’t get carried away with any wager on that though. But you can never say never I guess.
If there is a bidding war, someone will pay him that. I would imagine that there are a couple teams out there like Michigan last year that figures that they are just one stud QB short of a national title run. But I'm not a fan of this kid. All he had to do was put in one more year of work- keep his mouth shut, work hard and make his meager $2.4 million. Then prep for the draft, get drafted in the top 5-10 picks (maybe #1) and he's set for life. But instead he pulls this stunt and half the teams in the league will take him off their draft board (or at least rank him much lower) because they don't want an idiot at QB.
If he balls out at his next stop it shouldn't ruin his draft stock...at all. Enter Cam Ward as a perfect example.
You better get out there and become the Jane Fonda for college QBs. Think of all of those poor souls playing college football for less than $2.4 million!
His only chance to make more than the 2.4 million UT was paying is to get two schools in a bidding war. But that’s gonna be tough to do when every team just went through spring ball and the coaches have already penciled in a starter that they like and most likely the team feels good about. To bring this kid in for 2+ million, when your current QB is probably making only 800k and have Nico jump the line and be the starter just like that… That’s a risky move. Nico I’m-a-leaver better be so much better than the guy you have that it leaves zero room to question the decision.
We are hoping that somehow that the chaos in college football is reined in. The legislative bodies have failed spectacularly.
Nico will play somewhere next year, and he will be well paid for doing so. As it currently stands, it seems likely that he won’t be paid as much as he was going to get from Tenn. And it seems very possible that his new team won’t be as good as Tenn.
I am hoping that turns out to be the case. We need more examples of players getting burned by bag chasing.
Nico will play somewhere next year, and he will be well paid for doing so. As it currently stands, it seems likely that he won’t be paid as much as he was going to get from Tenn. And it seems very possible that his new team won’t be as good as Tenn.
I am hoping that turns out to be the case. We need more examples of players getting burned by bag chasing.
Interesting development here…
Not saying that Nico doesn’t still have a chance at playing for UT next season. But UT isn’t fvcking around and are clearly ready to play hard ball…
This is the part of A.I. that I hate. Think of the uneducated masses in third world countries and a certain region in the U.S. that will believe all of what they see if it confirms their opinions.
There are a lot of Tennessee fans who don't want him back. I would feel the same way to be honest. It's not like they can't find a QB over the summer who wouldn't jump at the chance to play for the Vols for seven figures.
I don’t think most people from California care too much about college FB, so likely not as much of an impact.
I agree with this. But there is also a right way and a wrong way to do things (I’m sure some will disagree). And doing this now, in the middle of Spring ball with his teammates, seems like the wrong way.
It was a free market move and he's in the eligible transfer window. Don't know why you guys get your panties in a wad when players are abiding by the rules and trying to make the best decisions for themselves.
The transfer portal does officially open until the 16th . Yes it’s a free market and yes he can try to get more money. But you don’t think in the middle of spring practice and one day after attending a team dinner he pulls this is not a dick move ? Both can be true.
If what's reported in this article is accurate, I doubt that Tennessee would want to take him back. And it has more to do with his dad and his agent than him. Of course he might fire his agent, but they would still have to deal with his dad.
Nico Iamaleava's agent backstabbed family, triggering disastrous fallout with Tennessee
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That’s an interesting story especially the part about Lanning at Oregon calling Heupel up and telling him.
OSU won't deal with the kid as they have stacked with 3 young, really good and promising QBs, That Sayin kid from OSU looked really good and accurate in their Spring game on Saturday. Stacked teams like OSU won;t take a chance on bringing in a possible headache and disrupting the team
Now, IF and this is a big IF, if all the college coaches/NIL people have got together and agreed to NOT pay this guy, it starts to give some of the power back to the teams.
BUT more likely is that a team does give him more money or some team has a starting QB get hurt in the next week or so and decides to call Nico.
BUT more likely is that a team does give him more money or some team has a starting QB get hurt in the next week or so and decides to call Nico.
collusion
the people comparing him to Kaep can mark off another square on their bingo cards
So as a freshmen QB he threw for 2600 yards, 19 tds against 5 ints, and ran for another 360 with 3 tds
I get that this place is hypercritical of every QB and if you’re not a top 5 pick you’re a piece of shit.
**** his off the field stuff. I watched them. He was a game breaker along with their stud RB and they had some monsters on the DL.
I get that this place is hypercritical of every QB and if you’re not a top 5 pick you’re a piece of shit.
**** his off the field stuff. I watched them. He was a game breaker along with their stud RB and they had some monsters on the DL.
in the limited games I watched of his, I remember being impressed by his poise.
He could be another DJ Ugaboogaleylei, but he looked like he elevated their team and made them much more dangerous.
This is the risk you take by offering the money. If you have a younger, would-be starter that will be there for the next few seasons (or so you hope) that is playing well, you would be basically guaranteeing they will transfer away for a one year start by NI. If you can get two years out of NI it would be a different story. It's kind of the old selling the farm adage from baseball where teams that are one piece from winning the WS will unload their future for the present. I don't see any schools in that position beyond maybe Georgia, and they already sent another guy packing under similar circumstances.
this is not a nico issue, it's a systemic problem. we all know that. as for ut, the irony is deep, as they were the first to openly defy nil "rules" when they bought nico's services.
my guess is that purdue, indiana, syracuse, unc, or a middling program of their ilk will pickup his existing "contract." it won't be an sec school because they have "rules" against first year sec transfers playing.
my guess is that purdue, indiana, syracuse, unc, or a middling program of their ilk will pickup his existing "contract." it won't be an sec school because they have "rules" against first year sec transfers playing.
what a lazy take
individuals create and abuse "systems"
furthermore, there is no "system" that is creating this, it's his perception of his worth
Nico and his father are 100% to blame for this. They thought he could hold out of practice and strong arm UT donors into doubling his “salary”. He fvcked around and found out, period.
the system has no rules or governing regulations presently. it most certainly is systemic. nico is simply taking advantage.
