‘23 CA QB Nicholaus Iamaleava (Tennessee)

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MEDVOL said:
Right. And while our AD and HBC weren’t exactly splash hires, they’re young and upcoming and likely more interested in hopping on board with the new way things are working. Rather than the old guys and their old ways and resistance to change.
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Not to be argumentative, but our hiring of AD White was a massive splash hire.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
My guess is that while the contract doesn't state what school he goes to it probably has requirements that he lives in a geographic location to be available for appearances. Something along those lines.
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Bingo. Most likely has to reside in the Knoxville area for a certain amount of time per year.
 
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VolInDayton said:
Are boosters going to start making money off of NIL deals? They are paying for players likeness but I don't see the return that generates. Are donors going to start making money off Tennessee football operations revenue in return for paying for their roster?
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Part of the answer to this question depends on who the booster is and what types of business(es) they own. The trickle-down effect is real. When Tennessee football rolling, Knoxville is rolling, etc.
 
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He doesn’t have to pay anything back, and he doesn’t have to sign with a certain school. He will get $350,000 right now, and upwards of $2m a year. If he chose to go to another school, he would still keep the $350k but he would lose out on the further incentives. If he stayed for a season and transferred, he forfeits any future earnings.

These NiL deals cannot be tied to a team, cannot be tied to a location, cannot have metrics you have to meet on the football field or anywhere else. Basically he’s getting $350k to sign at an NCAA power 5 school, and that’s it
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
He doesn’t have to pay anything back, and he doesn’t have to sign with a certain school. He will get $350,000 right now, and upwards of $2m a year. If he chose to go to another school, he would still keep the $350k but he would lose out on the further incentives. If he stayed for a season and transferred, he forfeits any future earnings.

These NiL deals cannot be tied to a team, cannot be tied to a location, cannot have metrics you have to meet on the football field or anywhere else. Basically he’s getting $350k to sign at an NCAA power 5 school, and that’s it
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They can be tied to an area location.
 
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Geaux_Vols said:
I’m on board with the consensus here, but to clarify, high school athletes can benefit from NIL money currently in Alaska, Nebraska, New Jersey, and New York, along with California.
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Ok, didn't know about that. The good thing is that this is a 5 star QB and there are no 5 star QB in any of those states mentioned except the 2 in Cali. It's Nico.
 
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He has to meet his obligations for events, and if he wasn’t in the area he would be unable to do that. But the NIL deal cannot say he has to be in Tennessee, or Georgia, or California.

All that stuff is talked about behind the scenes, and everyone knows what’s up. We all know what this is about, but the collective can say, no no no, we didn’t buy his recruiting to us, we offered him this for wherever he went, he just chose to come here…
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
He has to meet his obligations for events, and if he wasn’t in the area he would be unable to do that. But the NIL deal cannot say he has to be in Tennessee, or Georgia, or California.

All that stuff is talked about behind the scenes, and everyone knows what’s up. We all know what this is about, but the collective can say, no no no, we didn’t buy his recruiting to us, we offered him this for wherever he went, he just chose to come here…
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Who told you it can't be tied to a region?
 
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Spyre is still a marketing agency on top of helping with the Collective. They could sign an athlete as a client like CAA signed Bryce Young to represent his NIL interests. So if this is Spyre and Nico, people that are claiming it’s pay to play would be wrong. Nico could be profitable from a marketing perspective anywhere.
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
Spyre is still a marketing agency on top of helping with the Collective. They could sign an athlete as a client like CAA signed Bryce Young to represent his NIL interests. So if this is Spyre and Nico, people that are claiming it’s pay to play would be wrong. Nico could be profitable from a marketing perspective anywhere.
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They could but I'm pretty sure they have an agreement not to deal with other schools athletes. Spyre is affiliated to UT... not a Player Agency that hires Sexton who acts like a mercenary the SEC
 
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Mr French said:
They could but I'm pretty sure they have an agreement not to deal with other schools athletes. Spyre is affiliated to UT... not a Player Agency that hires Sexton who acts like a mercenary the SEC
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Not true. There is no such agreement. They could technically deal with other schools but they just choose not to cause they’re all UT fans… Spyre is in no way officially affiliated with UT.
 
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Appreciate all the info you guys have brought concerning spyre and nil.I know its prob been discussed just havent read it all but learned alot the past 24hrs,gives ur casual fan a better idea of whats going on without 100 pages of random dribble in between.
 
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Leeleesteeth said:
Reading on the Oregon 247 board. Typical of the mindset of that part of the country. Want the Federal Government to intervene and regulate. Some folks always think government is the answer for everything.
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They have Phil Knight. They should be able to compete on the NIL scene.
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
I wonder how this makes our current QB’s and our new signee Jackson feel though
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Hendon seems pretty humble and probably understand it's just the nature of the game. He's playing this year to improve his draft status and knows CJH has helped raised his stock and hopefully makes it to the NFL and makes his there.
I don't know enough about Jackson but this should really push him to put in that work and take QB spot #2 from Milton. That could easy get him more NIL this year and if Hooker goes down and Jackson shines the time he's in he's just upping his NIL stock even more.
It's pretty much like anything else with the cream of the crop in sports they get the attention and money. Nico is a legit 5*, ranked in the top 10 of players in the nation.
Be happy TN has the means to go out and willing to pay to bring these type of players here while other schools are sitting back there thinking they're going to still get top players just because of their schools name and history.
 
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