Dallas Cowboys Stermica Parsons blasted college football status on Friday while monitoring Tennessee volunteer quarterback Nicoia Maleava.
iamaleava It was reportedly held out. During this week’s practice, he tried to renegotiate a deal for names, images and likenesses ranging from $2.4 million to $4 million a year. He had 2,616 yards and 19 touchdown passes as the Vols finished 10-3 during the 2024 season.
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December 29, 2024. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dallas Cowboys linebacker Mika Parsons (11) faces the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. (Eric Hartline-Immagn image)
When the discourse went to social media, the former Pennsylvania star was unhappy with what happened to college football.
“College football is a joke now! He wrote to X.
He then responded to another person in X, claiming that college football has always been a semi-professional league and players are being paid illegally.
“Nah College was never about money! College is a character in the match!” Parsons wrote back. “I’m the guy I am today thanks to my brotherly love and great coach during my time in Pennsylvania!
Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava (8) will leave the field after a victory over Kentucky State on Saturday, November 2, 2024, after an NCAA college football game in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Saul Young / News Sentinel / USA Today Network Imagn Images)
“We’re making our kids fail right now because life isn’t easy and we allow them to stop!”
Iamaleava is just the tip of the possible iceberg in college track and field.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yomark and Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettitty were in the Lobby Congress last week to help legislate the NIL in college track and field.
Yomark told Brett Byer “Special Report” Thursday, “I need help from Congress.”
“From where I sit today, it’s very important that the federal government preemption has a standardized platform to oversee and govern the nil,” Yomark said. “Today, 34 states see it very differently and relatively unruly.”
December 15, 2024; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Mika Parsons (11) will face the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in the first quarter. (Imaginary of Jim Dedmon-Immagn)
“The amount of laws passed at the state level really makes it difficult for us to regulate and compete nationwide,” added Big Ten Commissioner Tony Pettitty. Every time someone doesn’t like ruling or something comes from the NCAA, we fall into lawsuits. These rules are then aggregated and we return to the start.
“We hope that the combination of what we did in the settlement will give us the opportunity to actually put the system in a stable place with the help of Congress.
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“We crossed a bridge that is willing to provide revenue…but we need to have some structure. There is no system with a completely unregulated movement.”
Ryan Morik of Fox News contributed to this report.
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