Anyone heard about this with Nico and parents

[utvolpj]

I mentioned in a thread posted after the OSU beat down something had to happen in the locker room. The team didn't look the same as the season even though they had 3 weeks to get ready. Our OL looked like cardboard cutouts. So bad, it actually looked like they were allowing the OSU DL to come right through.

After reading this story, it all makes sense what showed on the field against OSU. I'm sure this was going around the locker room the three weeks leading up to the game.

Wait, you're accusing the oline of throwing the game?

 

[T-for-Tennessee]

Is Will West usually one breaking this kind of info? Not sure i remember him being an insider

True or not, he's not helping UT football with this mess. So glad our local media is on our side

Doesn't really matter what Will reports. The players on the team and potential recruits are fully aware of what's happening. Their decisions won't hinge on what a broadcaster or some poster on a message board puts out. They know the score.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Notice you never hear of ANY football player being in academic trouble anymore? I sincerely doubt it's because the players are getting smarter!

They’ve made it easier to get higher grades in K-12. I suppose it’s possible in college too.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

They’ve made it easier to get higher grades in K-12. I suppose it’s possible in college too.

Explain in detail how they've made it easier

 

[Brave Volunteer]

They’ve made it easier to get higher grades in K-12. I suppose it’s possible in college too.

That's the damn truth! My kid's school absolutely kills me! There are no deadlines! They can turn in their work, practically at any time with no penalty! And no grades are final. Every assignment is correctable. And unless they are correcting a previous assignment, they never have homework! And they both get A's and B's on their report cards.

 

[IUGradVol]

The current system has been unsustainable for a while now.

That’s better

 

[MiramarVol]

Bringing the whole family to every game can get expensive.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Explain in detail how they've made it easier

Unless it was a Peyton type. Then the local news cuts in to the soap operas and daytime talk shows for it.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Explain in detail how they've made it easier

The guy beneath you did a good job. They just don’t penalize kids much for not doing their work or doing it wrong. I have no idea if college is any easier because Idk any college students, and I’m not close with people with kids of college age yet.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

That's the damn truth! My kid's school absolutely kills me! There are no deadlines! They can turn in their work, practically at any time with no penalty! And no grades are final. Every assignment is correctable. And unless they are correcting a previous assignment, they never have homework! And they both get A's and B's on their report cards.

Yeah it’s kind of a joke. But I guess more parents get to say their kids are honor roll students, so nobody wants to make a fuss about it.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Unless it was a Peyton type. Then the local news cuts in to the soap operas and daytime talk shows for it.

Thanks for the details

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

The guy beneath you did a good job. They just don’t penalize kids much for not doing their work or doing it wrong. I have no idea if college is any easier because Idk any college students, and I’m not close with people with kids of college age yet.

So how do you know students aren't doing their work? Because someone else on the Internet said so? You're freaking clueless. You need to drink a 24 oz glass. Then another and another

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

So how do you know students aren't doing their work? Because someone else on the Internet said so? You're freaking clueless. You need to drink a 24 oz glass. Then another and another

Because there have always been kids who didn’t do their work. That’s a bit like asking how I know some kids talk out of turn.

 

[DaddyChad]

$8 million to me means he is no longer a 'kid' and no longer 'playing'. He is a highly compensated professional. JMHO

I truly hope he is a good guy that is caught in the middle of a bunch of greedy people.

I somewhat agree that money does open them up to a little more criticism but damn I mean they’re still kids. Idk if you have kids but if someone gave an 18-22 yo millions they don’t suddenly grow up and get smart. For the most part Nico does represent the program in a really good light, just needs to get better like every other young QB.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Because there have always been kids who didn’t do their work. That’s a bit like asking how I know some kids talk out of turn.

It isn't elementary school

Unbelievable

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

It isn't elementary school

Unbelievable

I said “they made it easier to get higher grades in K-12.” Also there were definitely kids in college who didn’t do their work too, so that’s not the zinger you thought it was.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

I said “they made it easier to get higher grades in K-12.” Also there were definitely kids in college who didn’t do their work too, so that’s not the zinger you thought it was.

There are certainly exceptions, but again give some details of your knowledge of it or drink that glass

 

[EastTNVol6240]

Nobody is forcing you to pay them. This is what a pure free market looks like. If yall don't like it then say you got a problem with capitalism.

Nico's family did nothing wrong. Everyone of us would do the same if we had leverage. Blame the people who are caving into the demands of the athletes rather than the athletes themselves. They're doing nothing wrong by trying to get as much money as they can.

The problem is there was no leverage. UT is a bunch of idiots if this is true and they caved to give more money. He didn’t do a damn thing this year to deserve more money.

 

[volfaninky]

Elite QB’s and linemen are worth every penny if you want to win

 

[Vol865]

I understand them paying Nico to stay. Was he worth the pay raise? I think that’s perfectly ok to debate.

Absolutely. He was a RS Freshman expected to play like a Super Senior. QBs are getting paid more now than when he originally made an NIL deal. Part of it.

 

[UTK]

confirmed by Will West of The Sports Animal, Iamaleava’s family, not Nico, lobbied for more money following the season than they had previously been promised when he was recruited from California in the Vols’ 2023 class.

I don’t care what Will West of The Sports Animal says

 

[UTK]

"People"? What "people"? I'm guessing that CJH would gladly suit down with him any time of the day or night. And wtf does his family have to do with it?

Spyre and coaches. Not to lobby for more money for himself, rather find out what the plan in the portal was to improve the offense this coming season. And what does his family have to do with their child? What

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Spyre and coaches. Not to lobby for more money for himself, rather find out what the plan in the portal was to improve the offense this coming season. And what does his family have to do with their child? What

confirmed by Will West of The Sports Animal, Iamaleava’s family, not Nico, lobbied for more money following the season than they had previously been promised when he was recruited from California in the Vols’ 2023 class.

 

[overseasorange2]

Elite QB’s and linemen are worth every penny if you want to win

I wish we had some

 

[volbound1700]

Bringing the whole family to every game can get expensive.

Interestingly, I was talking to someone that played Football at a high level and knew players at Auburn back in the day. One thing they did to get around the NCAA was players would take some of the allotted tickets for their family and sell them to Boosters who way overpaid for the tickets to help the player out.