Anyone heard about this with Nico and parents

[lukeneyland]

Men’s basketball team hopes you don’t watch, especially after falling to Vanderbilt by 1. Baseball team would like to remind you of a championship and the softball team went back to back SEC titles. You ought to be reminded sometimes of the titles on The Hill not named football.

I love baseball. They ought to be provided for I’m mainly whining about boring ass women’s sports leaching money that our football team desperately needs. I’m a long suffering basketball fan yesterday don’t even move the needle in the pain index.

 

[SockeyeVol]

Correct. But it seems like too many hard working families care more about Starbucks and other things. I mean I guess $25 a month is just way too much money to spend to help the football program out.

Absolutely!!

But it's not just $25 per month in Starbucks they could give up! For $300 A year, they could also NOT pay the activity fees for 3 varsity sports for their 8th grade child. Or a season pass for him/her at the ski area. Or a week of summer camp. The possibilities are endless!

i am proud to tell my kids of the sacrifice they are making.

 

[Vol8188]

Why is this news? I’m not. Yes, a lot of players ask for raises. Welcome to reality OP…

 

[Vol8188]

Tell Ohio State that

Do you run that crappy fb page I keep seeing?

 

[lukeneyland]

Do you run that crappy fb page I keep seeing?

What are you referencing?

 

[Lekvolrrah]

I ought to. I don’t care if it’s one percent. It’s too much. Football above all else. It’s inexcusable that we’re not doing our utmost to fund a championship

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Shame this is where the NIL is going right now. Controls are badly needed.
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Per sources to xxxxxx and 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. In the NIL era, contracts are about as helpful as a missed pass block on the field. Sure, they’re there, but they’re just a whiff of what could have been.

One has to wonder if the Vols should have let Iamaleava walk and spent the massive amount of money he’s costing Tennessee on other positions, either to keep current players, like receiver Mike Matthews, who also reportedly asked for a raise, to keep current Vols in their current roles or go get transfers to bolster the roster.

Would you rather have a handful of good players or a pretty good quarterback? That was the quandary, especially since the Vols are currently trying to bring NIL spending in-house and, hopefully, stick to some sort of NIL budget. That has been a challenge.

Per sources, Iamaleava’s family was the driving force behind the forced raise, and he felt caught in the middle. There is absolutely no indication that Iamaleava is anything but a perfect teammate, but agents and parents do what agents and parent do. They look out for their own, even if it is to a fault.

The guy better deliver next year. He won't be getting any mercy from fans if he doesn't.

 

[Godfatha]

Correct. But it seems like too many hard working families care more about Starbucks and other things. I mean I guess $25 a month is just way too much money to spend to help the football program out.

Go out and get better coaches not just hiring from within or keeping your buddies around. I would love for UT to be where OSU is, but it’s not just the money but what you do with the money.

People are paying ridiculous money to go to games, are traveling and supporting the team, get out of here with that guilt trip.

 

[TheFlash1971]

It's a greedy world out there

They have been getting paid for years, now it’s just negotiable.