🏈 Nico Iamaleava is no longer a Vol after NIL dispute.

[UAgrad93]

But, if I understand the SEC rules, a player can’t leave an SEC school for another SEC school & play immediately. I could be wrong. (In the spring portal)

Think he can’t transfer within the conference during Spring.

 

[bamafan9201]

Spring portal SEC to SEC requires person to sit out for fall games so he would have to go out of the conference

 

[mando]

All i hear. A national championship is eminent with nico.
This is really stinging the VFLers

Any misery for the Viles is a good day. Now unfortunately they may stumble onto a better option than this kid. I do not think he was everything especially the Viles fans said he was.

 

[Secondand26]

Spring portal SEC to SEC requires person to sit out for fall games so he would have to go out of the conference

And if that’s the case, no SEC school can poach Simpson & have him play this fall…

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

LOL. The way the Vols (Danny White) handled this was a bit diabolical. I can’t stand any of them, but they tossed him to wolves and controlled the narrative. They just dumped their starting QB a few months before the season and I’m not sure a single Vol fan is mad at them for it.



But still, fuck Tennessee.

 

[OldPlayer]

 

[rick4bama]

Mario Cristobal on holdouts following Nico Iamaleava situation: ‘We’re not going to do it at Miami’

Coaches across college football have begun to speak on the Nico Iamaleava situation. While Josh Heupel is attempting to keep a cool head after losing his starting quarterback, Mario Cristobal is not fully taking the same approach.


Of course, this is not currently happening at Miami at the moment. Players might search for reupped NIL deals all the time but Iamaleava skipping practice as a holdout is something new inside the sport. And when speaking on the subject, Cristobal made it clear the Hurricanes will not be a part of any kind of holdout.



“We’re not going to do that at Miami,” Cristobal said. “And I say that without any hesitation. If anyone is thinking that — They can be the best player in the world. If they wanna play holdout, they might as well play get out. Don’t want to do that, don’t want Miami to become that. Too many guys have sweat, bled, and have laid on the line on that field to ever become that kind of program.”



Tennessee deciding to let Iamaleava walk set a precedent for the rest of college football. He will be wearing a different jersey for the 2025 season, with On3’s Pete Nakos dropping intel on who will be in the mix for the former five-star quarterback.


Seeing Iamaleava leave via the NCAA transfer portal does not appear surprising to Cristobal. What he would be cautious of is a school ponying up to the demands of players who are willing to hold out for money. Once the process works for one person, everybody will be attempting the same thing.



“I think you stay real and true to the program,” Cristobal said. “Make the decisions that are best for the program… Everybody is in the portal and the portal is always open. It’s always open and everybody’s in it. It’s all about what you’re willing to accept and draw the line in your program. Once you allow that to happen and agree to it, prepare for a line of 80 guys to do the same thing.”


Miami held its spring game on Saturday, wrapping up this portion of the college football calendar. Wednesday marks the opening of the transfer portal, where the Hurricanes will likely be looking to add to their 2025 roster. Four months from now, Aug. 31 will be the Hurricanes’ season opener, having a massive game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

 

[BamaFan615]

That fanbase is something else lol

 

[mando]

He is a clown... Glad he is causing pain for the Viles and their delusional fanbase!!!!

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

I may be a Vol but I aint volunteering for shit..... That was 'chefs kiss'.

Oh & golf glap for that AI dialogue.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

He is a clown... Glad he is causing pain for the Viles and their delusional fanbase!!!!

People are ripping him and having fun with him (like in the video), but I don't think he has much, if any, say in what is going on. This is a pimp and prostitute scenario and the pimp thinks is gal is a dime, when she's more like a plug nickel.

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

People are ripping him and having fun with him (like in the video), but I don't think he has much, if any, say in what is going on. This is a pimp and prostitute scenario and the pimp thinks is gal is a dime, when she's more like a plug nickel.

As much as I agree with all those facts. . . . . Nico is his own person. Granted his balls haven't dropped yet but the sooner they do, the better his life is going be, especially with an exploitive father like his.

SIDE NOTE:

The sooner colleges understand the NIL collective to their sports program is a cancer, the better. There are only a handfull of programs that can sustain it. Most can't. I think 'Bama is going to struggle with it. And if we could just cut our losses, get back to real college sports & provide scholarships to players who want to be there, who spend 4 years growing & maturing into smart, disciplined, players . . . . . the better because collegiately as a whole, this is NOT sustainable.

 

[mando]

As much as I agree with all those facts. . . . . Nico is his own person. Granted his balls haven't dropped yet but the sooner they do, the better his life is going be, especially with an exploitive father like his.

SIDE NOTE:

The sooner colleges understand the NIL collective to their sports program is a cancer, the better. There are only a handfull of programs that can sustain it. Most can't. I think 'Bama is going to struggle with it. And if we could just cut our losses, get back to real college sports & provide scholarships to players who want to be there, who spend 4 years growing & maturing into smart, disciplined, players . . . . . the better because collegiately as a whole, this is NOT sustainable.

Yeah I do not think Bama can win the arms race. No real knoweldge of the money people at Bama but simple observation seems like places like Tx simply have deeper pockets.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

As much as I agree with all those facts. . . . . Nico is his own person. Granted his balls haven't dropped yet but the sooner they do, the better his life is going be, especially with an exploitive father like his.

SIDE NOTE:

The sooner colleges understand the NIL collective to their sports program is a cancer, the better. There are only a handfull of programs that can sustain it. Most can't. I think 'Bama is going to struggle with it. And if we could just cut our losses, get back to real college sports & provide scholarships to players who want to be there, who spend 4 years growing & maturing into smart, disciplined, players . . . . . the better because collegiately as a whole, this is NOT sustainable.

He is, and I agree. But it's the same type of dynamic that Tua and his Dad had where his dad made all the major decisions up until he left Bama (for example: he'd have almost certainly yanked Tua out of Tuscaloosa had he not gotten into that UGA game. For right or wrong, it's just their Samoan culture. Sure seems this decision by Nico's pop was driven much more by greed than anything else though.

I also agree it isn't sustainable for 98% of the schools. But everyone wants a winner so they will pay... the way it has bled over to other sports is proof of that. I loathe what it has become, yet I still watch... which is part of the problem. Maybe one day I won't, but I'm not there yet...

 

[24and7]

Don't like Josh Hype-all or UcheaT... but I love the move basically kicking him off the team..NO MAN IS BIGGER THAN THE TEAM..

 

[TerryP]

Mario Cristobal on holdouts following Nico Iamaleava situation: ‘We’re not going to do it at Miami’

Cristobal needs to STFU...paying Beck four million.

 

[TerryP]

Let me add one note here. This is one time I'm looking forward to reading Clay Travis.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

USC will likely pay him more, but I'd love it if he ended up making less. The leverage is gone.

 

[mando]

Life is a teach and what would be the best teacher for this guy is that no one offered him anything and he had to sit out a year and come humbly back to the table with a different attitude.

 

[TerryP]

On another note:

I'm having an argument with myself about whether the OL is better in the running game than the RB room.