How'd you Feel as a Parent or Family?

[madbamahater]

If your son was the starting QB at a historical top 10 football school, coming off a 10-2 season, made first ever expanded playoff, on one of the hottest programs around currently, at a school that is literally on FIRE in all sports across the board and just like that it's GONE. Just gone in the blink of an eye. Not because of injury or some other situation to no fault of his own. Just gone because of a dumbass decision. Wow.

If Dad is really the driving force, shame on him and I truly worry for his mental health if he's in that bad of a controlling situation and relationship.

Image telling your kid some day you went from being the starting QB at Tennessee to possibly the starting QB at Butthole State.....

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

If your son was the starting QB at a historical top 10 football school, coming off a 10-2 season, made first ever expanded playoff, on one of the hottest programs around currently, at a school that is literally on FIRE in all sports across the board and just like that it's GONE. Just gone in the blink of an eye. Not because of injury or some other situation to no fault of his own. Just gone because of a dumbass decision. Wow.

If Dad is really the driving force, shame on him and I truly worry for his mental health if he's in that bad of a controlling situation and relationship.

Image telling your kid some day you went from being the starting QB at Tennessee to possibly the starting QB at Butthole State.....

Hard to imagine and judge without having done it

 

[Carl Pickens]

If your son was the starting QB at a historical top 10 football school, coming off a 10-2 season, made first ever expanded playoff, on one of the hottest programs around currently, at a school that is literally on FIRE in all sports across the board and just like that it's GONE. Just gone in the blink of an eye. Not because of injury or some other situation to no fault of his own. Just gone because of a dumbass decision. Wow.

If Dad is really the driving force, shame on him and I truly worry for his mental health if he's in that bad of a controlling situation and relationship.

Image telling your kid some day you went from being the starting QB at Tennessee to possibly the starting QB at Butthole State.....

Hard to say at this point ….. Butthole State may be accurate, but some other program will throw money at him based on his potential….UCLA? Washington? Colorado?….. he could develop into a top tier qb…. Will he? Who knows…. He might just end up a Butthole alum.

 

[rocketskates]

If my kid was making 2 million a year to play college ball at Tennessee I’d be telling him he needs to be pissing orange with devotion. I was watching a segment on Outkick where they brought up the point that Nico may get his 4 million elsewhere, but he likely hurt himself in the long run making much more as a NFL QB.

 

[JAllen18]

It's a lot of selfishness, ego, and pride on behalf of Nico's camp.

Of course, I would want the most amount of money for my child, but I also look at the bigger picture, the development, the situation. The key difference here is that Nico's camp wants what's best for them, not for Nico. Sad situation.

 

[mackievol]

If your son was the starting QB at a historical top 10 football school, coming off a 10-2 season, made first ever expanded playoff, on one of the hottest programs around currently, at a school that is literally on FIRE in all sports across the board and just like that it's GONE. Just gone in the blink of an eye. Not because of injury or some other situation to no fault of his own. Just gone because of a dumbass decision. Wow.

If Dad is really the driving force, shame on him and I truly worry for his mental health if he's in that bad of a controlling situation and relationship.

Image telling your kid some day you went from being the starting QB at Tennessee to possibly the starting QB at Butthole State.....

I mean, his father was flashing gang signs in pictures. Tells me everything I need to know.

 

[rocketskates]

It's a lot of selfishness, ego, and pride on behalf of Nico's camp.

Of course, I would want the most amount of money for my child, but I also look at the bigger picture, the development, the situation. The key difference here is that Nico's camp wants what's best for them, not for Nico. Sad situation.

This. Of course I’m a little biased as a Tennessee fan, but you are the starting qb at a historical program AND under a head coach who is known for developing quarterbacks. Heupel has put his last two starting qbs in the league. They may not be starting, but they are making generational wealth to play football. That’s a win for me if my kid is on Heupel’s team.

 

[norrislakevol]

It's a lot of selfishness, ego, and pride on behalf of Nico's camp.

Of course, I would want the most amount of money for my child, but I also look at the bigger picture, the development, the situation. The key difference here is that Nico's camp wants what's best for them, not for Nico. Sad situation.

Same thing with the Brice Brown situation. I've met Brice on more than one occasion. Very nice guy, but others in his circle had different ideas on how his career should go.

Nico was just a pawn here, but in the end it all blew up in their faces.

 

[Gladiator1]

Can't say, but hope I've taught my child the honor of one's word and commitment. Then again I'm order and these things don't mean much anymore.

 

[Titans4Vols]

If he could get more money elsewhere and UT wasn't willing to match it, I'd tell him to go get that extra money.

Vol fans aren't gonna pay his bills for him, nor is the university(once he leaves). Football players have an absurdly short window to make their money in, and that window can close even sooner than expected due to injury.

Next snap he takes could be his last. Secure as much money as you can as soon as you can.

 

[loosecannon]

If your son was the starting QB at a historical top 10 football school, coming off a 10-2 season, made first ever expanded playoff, on one of the hottest programs around currently, at a school that is literally on FIRE in all sports across the board and just like that it's GONE. Just gone in the blink of an eye. Not because of injury or some other situation to no fault of his own. Just gone because of a dumbass decision. Wow.

If Dad is really the driving force, shame on him and I truly worry for his mental health if he's in that bad of a controlling situation and relationship.

Image telling your kid some day you went from being the starting QB at Tennessee to possibly the starting QB at Butthole State.....

In many Polynesian families, the father is the unquestioned head of the household. People have told me that this is all the dad and Nico has no say in this or anything. He does as he is told. He was a distant team mate and part of this decision was that he was not going to ever mesh with the team. This was a dead end. We may have gotten bailed out in this one.

 

[Zues1]

If he could get more money elsewhere and UT wasn't willing to match it, I'd tell him to go get that extra money.

Vol fans aren't gonna pay his bills for him, nor is the university(once he leaves). Football players have an absurdly short window to make their money in, and that window can close even sooner than expected due to injury.

Next snap he takes could be his last. Secure as much money as you can as soon as you can.

I hope he gets all he can from the next program, and fails miserably.....

 

[Mid Tenn Vol]

He’s dead weight to me. I could care less where he goes or what happens. that name will never be mentioned in our house again.

 

[landscapingvol]

If he could get more money elsewhere and UT wasn't willing to match it, I'd tell him to go get that extra money.

Vol fans aren't gonna pay his bills for him, nor is the university(once he leaves). Football players have an absurdly short window to make their money in, and that window can close even sooner than expected due to injury.

Next snap he takes could be his last. Secure as much money as you can as soon as you can.

If he signed a deal to play at a school then you honor that commitment, what kind of father tells him to break that commitment and go get as much money as you can somewhere else? If he didn’t like the deal, he shouldn’t have signed it

 

[Titans4Vols]

If he signed a deal to play at a school then you honor that commitment, what kind of father tells him to break that commitment and go get as much money as you can somewhere else? If he didn’t like the deal, he shouldn’t have signed it

Because the only person that commitment would mean anything to would be him. Because, god forbid, he suffers some horrific injury next season, his earning potential is over, football wise anyway. And if he can instead walk away from that having made 4 million for this season instead of 2 million(or whatever the exact numbers end up being), he should.

No amount of love from fans of a team is going to support his family. No amount of 10 years later the university bringing him in for a "legends night" or whatever is going to support his family either.

It sucks as a fan, but I'm never going to be mad at someone for doing what's best for them and theirs.

 

[landscapingvol]

Because the only person that commitment would mean anything to would be him. Because, god forbid, he suffers some horrific injury next season, his earning potential is over, football wise anyway. And if he can instead walk away from that having made 4 million for this season instead of 2 million(or whatever the exact numbers end up being), he should.

No amount of love from fans of a team is going to support his family. No amount of 10 years later the university bringing him in for a "legends night" or whatever is going to support his family either.

It sucks as a fan, but I'm never going to be mad at someone for doing what's best for them and theirs.

Then you would be a terrible father for telling him that, he made a commitment to the team and his teammates.

 

[Titans4Vols]

Then you would be a terrible father for telling him that, he made a commitment to the team and his teammates.

Athletics is like the only place where people implant this silly mindset.

If your son worked pouring concrete and got an offer to make double his money pouring concrete for a different boss, you wouldn't tell them "no, you told the first guy and his employees that you'd work for/with them, ignore that doubled up salary and get back to work".

The lesson should be that very few people in this world truly care about you. If you don't take the best care of yourself and your family, 99.9% of the time, no one else is going to do it for you.

 

[knox73]

Nico was the poster child at the dawn of NIL and now he commands attention for cutting ties to the school that overpaid for him and a qb guru coach who treated him with kid gloves nurturing his game. Yes this is really a potentially extremely stupid decision particularly if Nico goes to a roster with other veteran quarterbacks already familiar with an offense and hungry to compete. Josh and the Vols are much better off without Nico's spoiled Beverly Hillbilly family meddling with the program.

 

[loservol]

Athletics is like the only place where people implant this silly mindset.

If your son worked pouring concrete and got an offer to make double his money pouring concrete for a different boss, you wouldn't tell them "no, you told the first guy and his employees that you'd work for/with them, ignore that doubled up salary and get back to work".

The lesson should be that very few people in this world truly care about you. If you don't take the best care of yourself and your family, 99.9% of the time, no one else is going to do it for you.

If bricklaying was anything like football, you would tell your son to keep his nose close to the grindstone, and in a few years, he would be making much bigger money in the pros.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Hard to say at this point ….. Butthole State may be accurate, but some other program will throw money at him based on his potential….UCLA? Washington? Colorado?….. he could develop into a top tier qb…. Will he? Who knows…. He might just end up a Butthole alum.

It’s just as likely that he already has a new spot. That there was never any renegotiation. How else can you explain the coaching staff not knowing there was an issue till Thursday night and being surprised he no showed practice Friday.

 

[Titans4Vols]

If bricklaying was anything like football, you would tell your son to keep his nose close to the grindstone, and in a few years, he would be making much bigger money in the pros.

That's great advice until he goes out and blows his achilles and is never the same, and thus never makes "much bigger money".

Or maybe views football as a super short term thing and wants all the money he can get now because he's not interested in a life full of CTE in the future.

Or insert any other countless reasons as to why getting more money now is a smarter idea. He can guarantee himself the 4 million now and still have a really good chance at big money in the future. Not like transferring elsewhere kills the chance he has at the NFL.

 

[loservol]

That's great advice until he goes out and blows his achilles and is never the same, and thus never makes "much bigger money".

Or maybe views football as a super short term thing and wants all the money he can get now because he's not interested in a life full of CTE in the future.

Or insert any other countless reasons as to why getting more money now is a smarter idea. He can guarantee himself the 4 million now and still have a really good chance at big money in the future. Not like transferring elsewhere kills the chance he has at the NFL.

Life is gamble when your kid makes a career out of sports. For some it pays out big, for others, it's lemons.

 

[Titans4Vols]

Life is gamble when your kid makes a career out of sports. For some it pays out big, for others, it's lemons.

No disagreement there, but that also kind of supports going for 4 million now instead of settling for 2.

 

[ochocinco]

He’s probably just got a girlfriend at home or something. I wish someone would tell us the real story.

 

[loservol]

No disagreement there, but that also kind of supports going for 4 million now instead of settling for 2.

If he had even half the talent and showed up to practice Friday, he probably would be $4milllion richer right now. If he hadn't made waves and showed up to practice Friday, he be $4million dollars richer in the next 2 seasons and a chance to earn even more in the pros.