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The Saga Of Tennessee's Nico Iamaleava Is The Latest Expression Of The
[Federalist] Over the past week, the University of Tennessee and its starting quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, staged a very public and very destructive contract negotiation that ended in Iamaleava’s departure from the program. In 2023, Iamaleava made national news by signing a reported $8 million contract with the Vols before he even graduated high school. While multimillion dollar NIL deals have become commonplace in college football and basketball recently, his deal was unprecedented at the time. Apparently, Iamaleava and his family felt that, after his first season as a starter wherein he finished 8th in the SEC in passing yards, the contract he signed just two years prior did not provide adequate compensation. There were reports he was asking for $4 million. Tennessee clearly couldn’t justify paying him more based on his performance, and because of the barrage of anti-trust lawsuits lost by the NCAA and the conferences over the last few years, the school had no ability to enforce the contract that was in place. Google - UT and its researchers spent $153.63 million in federal funds for research and development in 2023 Posted by: Besoeker 2025-04-17 |
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