Anyone heard about this with Nico and parents

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Also, since we're rolling around in the stink with this whole thread, let's at least get the full story - this exerpt came from a Dave Hooker article posted this week. I hadn't read it before this thread was posted, but - that's where this exerpt came from.

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Tennessee Football QB Nico Iamaleava got a raise, could have left Vols

The Tennessee Football Volunteers quarterback asked for and received a raise in NIL cash, but at what cost did that come with?
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Can't wait to be reminded about this every time the camera man pans over to the Iamaleava family next year. Here we are in a playoff run, and his family is flirting with Oregon and Miami on the side.

I like the kid, but he isn't worth a pay raise. He was the ~7th best QB in the SEC this year, which is a year where the league is down.
 
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Welcome to the new world of college football in the NIL era. Unless there are some guardrails put in place it will continue to be the wild west with greed, third party influences, rumors, last minute surprises and nit picking dominating the landscape. Loyalty, commitment, tradition and common sense have left the building for now.
 
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Voltopia said:
Also, since we're rolling around in the stink with this whole thread, let's at least get the full story - this exerpt came from a Dave Hooker article posted this week. I hadn't read it before this thread was posted, but - that's where this exerpt came from.

offthehooksports.com

Tennessee Football QB Nico Iamaleava got a raise, could have left Vols

The Tennessee Football Volunteers quarterback asked for and received a raise in NIL cash, but at what cost did that come with?
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It coming from Dave Hooker tells me all I need to know. His sidekick is even worse with this kind of stuff. Clickbait.
 
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Delmar said:
This new world sure is fun isn’t it?
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New world? The world has always been kept spinning by money. If you don't like college students getting paid for their gifts, just say so. You want the schools, administrators, and the higher ups to get the money. Let the poor stay poor and let's protect the rich, because one day we will be rich too! /s
 
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Pride85 said:
About as much fun as a root canal with no anesthetic.
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LOL. Imagine getting halfway through your root canal, and then the dentist shuts off the drill, leans into your bloodied face with a half a molar in his hand, and says to you "so let's talk about my fee."
 
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I wonder who the first Group of Five college will say enough is enough and go to Division 1-AA. The college football playoff system is rigged against them( with the exception for now of Boise State), their conferences get little TV money, anytime they get a good player who somehow was overlooked in high school he will be bribed to go to a Power Four school, and unless they drop a whole bunch of sports they will have no chance of coming up with $20 million a year. At some point, Tulsa, Temple, Sam Houston State, etc. will look around and say why are we doing this?
 
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titansvolsfaninga said:
New world? The world has always been kept spinning by money. If you don't like college students getting paid for their gifts, just say so. You want the schools, administrators, and the higher ups to get the money. Let the poor stay poor and let's protect the rich, because one day we will be rich too! /s
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Nothing good or productive comes from anarchy. The pro game even has controls and balances to keep this from getting out of line, or else it will eventually destroy the game.
 
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Why? Just have loyalty to your team. The only thing that worries me about the power of the players in this NIL era is that coaches will capitulate to players and change their philosophy in coaching. Good coaches, are paid to coach because that have the ability to do so. College football players don't know more that the coaches do. If I'm Heupel, I get the other qb's ready to take over ASAP. There's really no loyalty and none should be expected. The days of fans of individual players will become rare and that's OK imo.
 
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loservol said:
The problem is, him, his family and handlers are all acting like he is an established commodity instead of a struggling rookie QB, who might never catch on. I know I'm in for some message board flak and push back, but if any of this is true they should let him pursue other offers. Heupel has two four star backup QB's and a transfer portal he can turn to find the starter for next season.
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Yep.
Seems I remember Saban making a comment to that effect awhile back about a player having never seen the field and pulling down big $.

Contracts would help alleviate that.
Like I said earlier- this is like trying to put toothpaste back in the tube.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
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.
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So Matthews wanted a raise, but Matthews portal flirting had nothing to do with money and was about scheme and playing time? All the rumors and speculation out there are so contradictory
 
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tnmarktx said:
Why? Just have loyalty to your team. The only thing that worries me about the power of the players in this NIL era is that coaches will capitulate to players and change their philosophy in coaching. Good coaches, are paid to coach because that have the ability to do so. College football players don't know more that the coaches do. If I'm Heupel, I get the other qb's ready to take over ASAP. There's really no loyalty and none should be expected. The days of fans of individual players will become rare and that's OK imo.
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Loyalty is a thing of the past, get used to it.
 
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tnmarktx said:
Why? Just have loyalty to your team. The only thing that worries me about the power of the players in this NIL era is that coaches will capitulate to players and change their philosophy in coaching. Good coaches, are paid to coach because that have the ability to do so. College football players don't know more that the coaches do. If I'm Heupel, I get the other qb's ready to take over ASAP. There's really no loyalty and none should be expected. The days of fans of individual players will become rare and that's OK imo.
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I just wish people would stop acting like their logo should be so sacred. The transfer window dictates when the players can move around. It may be annoying to my fandom, but they'd be crazy not to use the leverage when they've got it. It just doesn't bother me to know that somebody has taken a look around. My customers do it all the time. I've done it at times. My advice to people is to pull for the school and look the other way until the NCAA figures out a better way (legal this time).
 
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tnmarktx said:
I'm fully used to it. That's why I fully buy in to the plausibility that Nico and camp would always welcome more $. I think it's OK to talk about it on a Tennessee football fan forum.
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Yep . . . It's just a fact of life until the whole model changes. No use in acting like an exasperated Aunt Bea every time we hear about it.
 
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tnmarktx said:
I'm fully used to it. That's why I fully buy in to the plausibility that Nico and camp would always welcome more $. I think it's OK to talk about it on a Tennessee football fan forum.
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Agreed, I just don't think less of them for getting all they can get while they have the upper hand. It's a business.
 
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