'23 CA QB Nico Iamaleava (Tennessee Verbal)

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Irish#1 said:
SIAP..........Brady Quinn reported this morning that he was told Nico tried to get the money prior to their playoff game against OSU and that he was already sniffing around for a better NIL deal before he sat out.

I think we have our first major incident that will impact contracts going forward.
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Pate said same thing, kid was ready to sit out and all of this was the week of the OSU game lol
 
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FightingIrishLover7 said:
Billl with this drama kid? Yikes
(or has he officially mailed it in?)
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tbf dealing with players like this with contract demands is probably more familiar to him than dealing with high school recruits. It probably does not stress him at all, and its a gift from the gods for him considering what he has at UNC right now. Might even start an avalanche or similar transfers if they can prove they have the bank
 
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I can’t imagine that Tulane or UCLA has the NIL funds he’s looking for.
 
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UNC decides to start throwing money around and does it for a once great coach going through a 3/4 life crisis and a primadonna , mediocre QB
 
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Belichek and this Nico guy. I will be watching with great interest. Hope it becomes a major disaster.
 
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Breer: I’d never begrudge an athlete getting what he can, because their ability to make money off their gifts is fleeting. So I’m happy for him on that count. But in the big picture? It’s hard to imagine it’d be worth it.Bottom line: The NCAA had the chance to get ahead, and didn’t, and there are plenty of real-life consequences that resulted from it.
 
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NCAA really screwed the pooch on this. They could have outcasted the CA teams when NIL became state law and ended it there. Or at least put hard limits. This will completely ruin the sport
 
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Cackalacky2.0 said:
Exactly. This is the free market at work. We are watching an actual market developing in real time that didnt legally exist prior to two years ago.

I cant tell you how many times since Reagan was in office, ne0con edgelords have told me this is the exact way they want all markets to work. LMAO. Now they are like.... wait little school boy who dont know any better....you can get paid.... just not like that.

My opinion is that the kids are totally in their rights to attempt to get paid what they feel their value is. Schools and 3rd party boosters are equally in their right to pay a kid what they think his value is. Both are able to try to get the best deal and they should be legally protected jjust like any other business venture is. For some reason this is the way that is always great and lauded in American Capitalism unless its kids doing semiprofesional things through a university system that is the only way these kids can get to their desired level of profession..

Until the NFL opens up a minor league system, the United States university system will be the home of what has always been the semiprofessional football development league.
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You and JPrue are missing the point. The discussion has evolved into his rights. Let a kid make whatever he can, but don't start sitting out to force a school to up the pay. You signed a contract. Honor it and look around after the season.
 
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Irish#1 said:
You and JPrue are missing the point. The discussion has evolved into his rights. Let a kid make whatever he can, but don't start sitting out to force a school to up the pay. You signed a contract. Honor it and look around after the season.
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And don't be surprised if your current school finds out your are sniffing around for a bigger payday and decides to cut you loose.
 
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Pete said:


I can’t imagine that Tulane or UCLA has the NIL funds he’s looking for.
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Tulane is a lot like SMU except instead of WASPY, preppy kids, it's filled with well-to-do Jewish kids from the Northeast that didn't get in an Ivy. The money at Tulane is certainly there if they wanted to spend it. I know UCLA is a wealthy school as well, but they seem so disengaged from athletics, that I'm not sure they'd be willing to spend a lot.

All that said, the funny thing is that Nico left arguably a top-10 program of all time and a CFB Playoff contender and is now considering two basketball schools (UCLA and UNC) and Tulane. Woof...the grass isn't always greener...
 
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Tulane is a lot like SMU except instead of WASPY, preppy kids, it's filled with well-to-do Jewish kids from the Northeast that didn't get in an Ivy. The money at Tulane is certainly there if they wanted to spend it. I know UCLA is a wealthy school as well, but they seem so disengaged from athletics, that I'm not sure they'd be willing to spend a lot.

All that said, the funny thing is that Nico left arguably a top-10 program of all time and a CFB Playoff contender and is now considering two basketball schools (UCLA and UNC) and Tulane. Woof...the grass isn't always greener...
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I mean that is incredibly disingenuous, he would be taking more money to be coached by the greatest football coach most of us have ever seen.

I don't like the way he went about it at all, but to say he is leaving for a basketball school is wrong.
Also, respect to Josh Heupel he has built Tennessee back up to where they belong...but he has been a head coach now for (7) years.
Correct me if I'm wrong but has he ever coached a QB in those (7) years that has played a meaningful NFL snap?
Based on some quick research I believe the last NFL QB he worked with was Sam Bradford back in like the 2009 range while at Oklahoma.
I think it is fair to question just how much these spread offenses, and specifically Heupel's prepare young QB's for the next level.

Nico is going to get paid significantly more this season if he chooses UNC and play for the coach that worked with Tom Brady for 20 years.
If the kid was meant to be an NFL player / Star, he would be going to the right place and being mentored by the right person.
 
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So Nico went from $2M to $3.5M to play for a superbowl coach and avoid the SEC? Doesn't sound like he lost here. NVM, didn't realize this was fake account.
 
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CTIDANDREW said:
I mean that is incredibly disingenuous, he would be taking more money to be coached by the greatest football coach most of us have ever seen.

I don't like the way he went about it at all, but to say he is leaving for a basketball school is wrong.
Also, respect to Josh Heupel he has built Tennessee back up to where they belong...but he has been a head coach now for (7) years.
Correct me if I'm wrong but has he ever coached a QB in those (7) years that has played a meaningful NFL snap?
Based on some quick research I believe the last NFL QB he worked with was Sam Bradford back in like the 2009 range while at Oklahoma.
I think it is fair to question just how much these spread offenses, and specifically Heupel's prepare young QB's for the next level.

Nico is going to get paid significantly more this season if he chooses UNC and play for the coach that worked with Tom Brady for 20 years.
If the kid was meant to be an NFL player / Star, he would be going to the right place and being mentored by the right person.
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How'd that work out for Jimmy Clausen? Or the parade of QBs the Patriots cycled through after Brady left?

Belichick is a great coach but I'm not sure, at this stage, he can just sprinkle his pixie dust on any ol QB and turn them into the next Brady. But we'll see.
 
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This is a pretty good legalistic read of the Nico situation. The schools have gotten themselves into a real pickle here.
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Iamaleava Leaving Vols Symbolizes College Sports’ Pay-for-Play World

Nico Iamaleava entering the transfer portal following what's been reported as an NIL holdout says a lot about the state of college sports and the law.
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It seems like the only real solution to all this mess is schools getting over themselves on the "student athletes aren't employees," thing. Given how many students are, in fact, classified as employees of their universities in other contexts (grad student workers and even RAs have unions with contracts and it all seems fine), I have never quite understood the objection to considering athletes employees, and then being able to negotiate enforceable contracts that could set some clear rules and protect all involved.
 
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