Anyone heard about this with Nico and parents

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LegionnaireOfTheMiserable said:
I would have let him walk if that’s what they wanted to do. The guy got 2 million to sit on the bench all year and then another 2 million to stink up the joint for most of the season. If he thinks he’s too good to play at Tennessee for 2 million dollars a year, then so be it. If recruiting rankings weren’t a thing and you never heard a peep about any players until you saw them play, there’s no way this dude would be getting paid the kind of money he is making as is
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He is not stinking up the joint, but at the same time, he is also not living up to the hype or playing at an elite level for a college QB. I could understand bargaining for more money, if he had came off a really great season and was a Heisman candidate.
 
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Voltopia said:
So the majority of players in college football, a sport from which only ~ 1.5% make it to the NFL, are all picking their schools because of NFL aspirations?

Because it sure would seem like the 5% that think they'll make it to the NFL are the exception. Or, let's be generous. Maybe 10-20% think they'll make it to the league? But a majority?
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18-year-olds, especially 18-year-old highly-skilled athletes that were the talk of their town in high school, aren't known for their critical thinking skills or grasp of statistics.

I think every single 4 and 5-star recruit and a lot of 3-star recruits think they can make it to the NFL. That's basically most of the guys who commit to the top programs. Do most of the guys who play for Akron think that? No, but I was thinking about the larger programs.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
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.
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... from a shrewd business perspective, okay. But, everything isn't black and white "business" alone, or at least it shouldn't be. Not for the long-term "health" and "well-being" of any investment, including college football. A quick cash grab, while prudent, is not ethical or logical in the greater sense of doing business. So, I disagree. Unless acting like entrepreneurial amateurs and bad investments are now good-business practices...
 
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You would think with all these stories of him and his family being so money hungry, HE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY HIT THE PORTAL!!! Our idiot fans will believe any story that casts our players in a bad light. But yeah keep clicking on the media that has always crapped on the Tennessee program.
 
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There’s no way this NIL and transfer portal eventually doesn’t get fixed. Now it’ll get more out of hand before then but eventually something has to give.
 
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I will say that I don’t think any of these players is worth a million a year.

I understand that players should share in some money, but a young adult is more likely to find trouble than not with that kind of cash. Look at what it does to many adults.

That being said I do think there should be like a salary cap for all schools, but who am I fooling as we all know players have been getting paid under the table for decades now.
 
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major League Baseball went through a lot of analysis 20-30 yrs ago regarding proportional cost of the roster.

basically, if you're going to spend disproportionately, you better a) get what you pay for from the big contract, and b) find a lot of undervalued players elsewhere (like from your farm system).

Think of Albert Pujols and his albatross contract with the California Angels. Even surprise help from the farm system like Mike Trout wasn't enough to offset. the Yankees, on the other hand, had a long run where they got full value from big contracts, and great supplements from the small ones.

What proportion of the Vols roster has Nico been wortb so far? I'd say he's more Albert Pujols than Reggie Jackson. Hopefully he has a breakthrough year next season...but of course he sounds like the kind of guy that will then want a raise. And thus continue to affect the rest of the roster....
 
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If only a person being 18 of years of age could enter into a contract exclusively without interference of others...

I get it, that person needs an 'agent' or lawyer to help negotiate and execute that deal, but the parents should not be allowed to be a part of the process toher than to give guidance if the college is a good educational fit.
 
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The market can only, and will eventually only, be corrected and balanced out through the fans. We are the ones who actually fund all NIL nonsense. As the product begins to diminish, and it will across the board, fans will stop putting up with it, turn to the NFL, and college football will become less of a marketable product. The loyalty of college players is less than the NFL and the product is not as good. It's hard to see it go in this direction, but it is. When folks talk about capitalism on here as unilateral, they miss the point. Nico's family, if true, is using the "capitalistic market" to their advantage. But, the flip side is that there are those who can choose not to pay for those players...us. That too is capitalism. We get to spend our money on what we want, what we desire. So...if you're tired of the stupid market that is being inflated, take your Vol money, book a month-long trip to Ireland, drink a few pints of Guinness, and relax.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Its about market value. Duke paying that QB from Tulane 4 million to go there readjusted the market value of every starting QB at a major program.
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We paid him and he still hasn’t earned it. He would’ve made it even if he played like Harrison Bailey. It’s like Acura’s 10 year contract and him being hurt so much. You sign for the upfront assurance. I could see wanting more if he knew how to look off a safety. I will be a fan of the QB but his parents need to go watch Arkansas.
 
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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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Fake News.
 
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What I heard was Nico was happy, loves Tennessee, the coaches, his teammates and did not want to do this. It was reported at times his dad was running his mouth about the lack of passes in the games in front of prospective recruits and he was the one who lobbied for more money.
 
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SockeyeVol said:
If Nico is the reason we can't have elite receivers and an amazing offensive line, I'm ready to see what Merklinger can do.

Plenty of schools trot out a QB2 that turns out just fine.
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Joe Burrows was going to waste away on O States bench. If hadn't been for injury, Hooker and Dobbs would never had a chance to prove themselves.

The best players are not always getting a fair chance to prove themselves in camp, because of money and promises made to guys like Nico and his handlers.
 
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Voltopia said:
Yeah, it turned into exactly the sort of sports talk show I don't like listening to. Car commercial ad reads, weird commentary, and lots of casual segments where everyone just laughs at each other's comments. Very common in modern sports media, but not very compelling most of the time.
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I attribute it to my age and establishing standards with guys like West, Siler and Byrd when print ruled the day. Class can cross the media genres. Hyams and Wilkerson tried. I was not enthralled with them, but did not gag on their shows. The Stephen A. and Rome wannabes now meet their market demands I guess.
 
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