Tenn did right by getting him gone!
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I mean in the end if it is just business now and that QB is going to drive a hard bargain then Tenn should be expected to as well. Tenn had a number and werenât going over it. Donât like it then move on. He didnât have the leverage he thought he did with Tenn. He wasnât all that great last year. Okay but not great. Let someone else pay him what he thinks he deserves.
In essence, yes it is. But, legally, it is not. The contract he signed, and it is a contract, is with the NIL entity, not the university. I would be interested to see if the NIL entity goes after him for breach of contract. Now, once the university/NIL marriage takes effect, things will change.
Will he prevail in all of this? Will he get a bigger NIL at some other school? It wonât be an SEC school, at least for this year. Heâs a good QB, but not five star. We donât know what heâll get. If itâs less does he sue Tennessee? The Tennessee NIL? What if nobody wants him? Are there any schools that will be looking for a starting QB after spring practice? What are his expectations? We donât know.
Thereâs always some alumnus/alumni with more money than brains and will pay whatever it takes to win, e.g., Aggies. I think heâll find a home, but are schools willing to accept the risks associated with his NIL based on what theyâve seen so far?
2 years ago Aggies were paying a good rbâs dad money for him to commit there. Heâs on their roste now but the money starts coming in hs to the parents.
I guess boosters not the school directly.
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You canât, though. How do you write NIL rules that donât get stymied by the worldâs thinnest veneer of plausible deniability?
We have no idea what went behind close doors. Did Tenn tell him a number to get him and could not? Very plausible.
He overthrew his coverage here.
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Tennessee did the right thing by not caving in.
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Stupid response. You are making up a bunch of stuff I have never said or implied.
First what other students are given money just to attend that is not already known about.
Second theater students are getting paid for the actual work done. NIL players are not doing commercials, signing autographs or making appearances for the money they are given. Regulation IS NOT A CAP. It is being sure they are doing the work to earn the NIL. Making a player sign autographs and get paid fair market value for that autograph. if they appear in a commercial then they get paid for the commercial.
Go back and tell me what other students are getting paid by fans just to attend the school?
(and to all the idiots - someone paying 2 million for an autograph is NOT fair market value. That is stupid ego spending and personal value, not market. There are whole businesses around evaluating prices for sports memorabilia)
If you dont think student are lured with perks to attend certain schools based on their academic potential, then you are being extremely nieve.
Difference is now its allowed for students based on their athletic prowess and âthe get off my lawnâ folks are throwing a hissy fit.
Both are based on what they can do for school XYZ and what the market is willing to pay
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âTennessee football](Tennessee Volunteers News, Schedule, Stats and Roster - USA TODAY Sports) is looking for a new starting quarterback ahead of the 2025 season, and [Nico Iamaleava]will be looking for a new school. [Iamaleavaâs college career with the Volunteers is over] after coach Josh Heupel informed the team Saturday morning that the program is moving forward without him, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Knoxville News Sentinel. The person, according to the outlet, requested anonymity because Heupel has not addressed the matter publiclyâ END OF PROBLEM Welcome to the real world, Nico.
Your first example of theater student work a job was wrong. So give specific examples not some vague âif you dont think xyz is happeningâ
BAsed on responses so far by some, I stand by my assertion Boosters and fans are the problem.
NIL is the ability for a player to make money by earning it from their value as a public figure or simply as a job outside of school. One of the justices even wrote that their verdict was not intended to approve pay for play. IT was about their ability to earn money outside of school.
Boosters and fans made collectives as a way to pay players to play. They made no attempt a fair hiring of players for their NIL. That was not what that judgement was about. The NCAA simply has not tried anything to enforce NIL rules.
We are here because boosters and fans are playing to buy the best team.
The revenue sharing starting up will be to pay the players for their on field work. As it should be, it will have a cap to keep some competitive limits.
Pro sports all have salary caps and none have limits on a players ability to do endorsements. They just donât have fans paying players to be on their team like is currently done in college.
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*naive
Boosters have always paid for the best athletes. It is the dirty secret that no one wants to admit especially sec, big10, acc and some big12 schools.
This way of getting the best players started decades ago.
A student delivering pizzas to make a living is the same as a student athlete and N.I.L.
Like it or not the N.I.L. is what was considered illegal.
You want the school to pay players? Then it is a different discussion altogether.
There should not be any limit on N.I.L. If someone wants to buy the so called best playets. So be it. BUT wait a minute friends. By buying the best players we are right back where college sports started. Cal it a spade nit a bs definition.
We can talk about Trans Am or mortgage paid off all day long.
Let the N.I.L. money land where it wants to.
You know why some commish or ncaa are upset? Because they are not getting their stip ends/carrots like they used to be.
BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES.
I think thatâs very true. I guess someone could try to sue on the grounds itâs
not a real true NIL dealâŠbut that seems like a very hard case to make. I donât
think itâs possible to have caps on NIL deals. Hopefully the schools will have salary
caps when players are paid by the school; but NIL deals, in addition to salary cap,
are virtually unlimited. And NIL income will dwarf the salary income.
Right on the unscrupulous bit. Wrong version of the word there.
But the NIL was NEVER going to work without a clear set or rules and oversight, something the current âsystemâ lacks. Itâs like setting a speed limit, havign no police to enforce violations, and being shocked at the speeding.
This was always going to be a disaster. Whatever power the NCAA had (and that wasnt a great org to begin with) was neutered by the courts. You need rules and a regulatory body, things every reputable league have. Its crazy college sports effectively has nothing.
You are right and wrong at the same time. They are A problem, but not all of it.
The NIL cant work. Why? There are simply too many ways to circumvent the intent and purpose of the original ruling. Instead of these collectives, youâll have a rich booster with dealerships paying a player millions to âendorseâ their business. You are also expecting people (fans and boosters) to not be part of the âproblemâ when they always have been.
Apparently Iamaleava has been sniffing around for awhile and approached Oregon. Oregon said no and told Tennessee about it.
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