LSU head coach Brian Kelly put a strain on the story of former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.
On Saturday, Tennessee head coach Josh Hepel announced that Iamaleava will not return for next season.
Hepel said Iamaleava decides to skip practice His name, image and portrait (nil) contract negotiations with Tennessee have been split.
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LSU head coach Brian Kelly looks at Baton Rouge’s Alabama on November 9, 2024, from his second half of the sidelines. (AP Photo/Gerard Herbert)
“The program has been around for a long time,” Hapel said. “There are a lot of great coaches, and the great players who came before that have built a tradition of being the cornerstone, legacy, Tennessee football.
Kelly predicted that Iamaleava’s situation would become more common with the evolution of zero.
Tennessee Volunteer Head Coach Josh Hepel watched the first half of the match at Ohio Stadium on December 21, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. (image)
“I think Zero will have a change. I think this is the first version of the fix,” Kelly said Saturday.
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“I think we’re trying to see a lot of this. It was a new world. I think we’ll do our best we can, but I think other situations will come. I think we have to do everything we can.
Nir had a historical effect College sports, And this month, some well-known programs chose not to hold traditional spring games. Some school decisions addressed concerns about opening doors to allow more players to enter the transfer portal or be seduced by the nil package of another program.
Tennessee volunteer quarterback Nico Iamareava is off the field after a victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores at First Bank Stadium on November 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts/Imagn Images)
LSU was one of the schools where we played this spring game.
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Iamaleava had made $2.4 million from NIL contacts. However, when he signed it was reported to be worth an estimated $8 million. Iamaleava received his first payment while still in high school. ESPN reported The total amount of the transaction could have reached nearly $10 million.
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