'23 CA QB Nico Iamaleava (Tennessee Verbal)

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What’s interesting is everyone seems pissed about this. Even the ESPN article reporting on it was editorializing about how it would screw up a teams QB room to bring him in. If college football was more organized, I 100% think there would be collusion to make sure he doesn’t end up in a great situation. No school wants this to be a new precedent. I’m very curious to see where he ends up
 
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Makes sense actually. Have the money if they want to spend it. Need a splash. Need a QB.
 
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Loved his high school tape.. Obviously this kid is letting money steal the joy of playing a great game
 
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NDFAN420 said:
Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Nico Iamaleava isn't doing anything wrong; he’s just playing by the rules as they exist now, and by doing that, he's helping expose where those rules are flawed or unfinished. He's doing the current market, college football, the fans, and maybe even himself—depending on how it turns out—a great service by testing and exploiting the boundaries. If you want reform and a better system in the future, you need cases like this. Every major shift in sports—whether it's free agency or NIL in college—has come because someone was willing to push the envelope. If you want a more fair, sustainable system, you need athletes like Nico to force those uncomfortable situations.

You want to piss off the right people, basically
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Nico Iamaleava lost the support of the pro-athlete folks, so where does that lead?

The only reasonable conclusion from here? Actual contracts and collective bargaining,
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My thought is if you act like a Pro, you'd better play like a Pro. Nico 'isn't playing at that level.
 
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I just don’t see any path where he goes anywhere that is a better program that’s willing to pay him what Tennessee paid him. He dropped the bag as the kids say. No cap
 
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Not saying he gets this far, but I don't expect nfl gms to take this lightly. Players seem to want to "renegotiate" contracts often. I wouldn't want any player like that.
 
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Not sure how things go at Notre Dame but UT had another player (Boo Carter) threaten to bolt after the season if his "demands" weren't met. Think it was part money, part getting snaps on offense. I'm sure it (getting more money) happens here but isn't made public.
 
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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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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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Absolutely insane that a HS recruit in the ‘28 class would have that kind of intel…
 
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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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This is the biggest problem with throwing big money at high school kids, who only choose your school for the cash. I think all of us fear the other extreme with ND, where kids want to come but the money is not close to being competitive. No matter what the money situation is, you need kids who choose the school first. I doubt Nico would have chosen UT without the insane deal they gave him.
 
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:LOL: I gotta say, I think a lot of you are fucked up hypocrites when it comes to NIL. Many also regularly ignore important legal distinctions that make what's going on in college and in the NFL incomparable.

Let me be crystal clear, I have no sympathy for Nico or Tenn. Fans can and should use their wallets to express approval/disapproval with both.

Dan Lanning can eat shit, too. How many times have we heard about Oregon tampering? A player shopping himself around is a bridge too far him? Players are allowed to shop themselves around and schools are not allowed to tamper. Praise the guy though, sure.
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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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