Nico Iamaleava becomes a little martyr, but yet a main example, in the zero environment of today.
Last Friday, Iamaleava did not appear during the training of the spring of Tennessee, which would have been due to contractual discussions.
Iamaleava, 20, is expected to earn $ 2.4 million this season, but wishes to renegotiate its agreement to $ 4 million per year. However, the reports circulate that schools offer less than half of his initial salary.
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The quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava (8) leaves the field after the match at the Firstbank Stadium in Nashville, tenn., Saturday November 30, 2024. (Imagn)
The essential respect for the quarter-arre caused many criticisms, and an ESPN diet sounded Thursday, pleading with a school near his home to stay away.
“UCLA – Don’t do it. Do not take it. This kid is toxic,” said Bill Plaschke, a writer of Los Angeles Times who often appears on “around the horn,” said Thursday’s show.
“At one point, we must talk about these children. He had a salary of $ 2.4 million, he wants to almost double his salary even if he has not won a eliminatory match, and he goes out in the team on the first day of spring training. He is all about money, he is not an average quarter.”
The 20-year-old was to win $ 2.2 million with Tennessee for the 2025-26 season through the Nile Collective and Spyre Sports Group of the school.
The quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava (8) launched the ball during the first quarter at the Firstbank stadium in Nashville, tenn., Saturday November 30, 2024. (Imagn)
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The agreement, which he signed as a secondary junior, would have the potential to exceed $ 10 million with incentives that included victories in the championship and the Heisman trophy.
But everything changed when ESPN reported that Aumaleava was looking for an agreement of around $ 4 million for this season, which the other quarters transferred this year obtain. One of them was Carson Beck, who left the Bulldogs of Georgia to join the Miami Hurricanes.
Tennessee went from quarter to controversy.
The quarter-arre of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava (8) leaves the field after the victory against Kentucky after a university football match of the NCAA on Saturday November 2, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Saul Young / News Sentinel / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Iamaleava would have entered the transfer portal on Wednesday with a label “not contact” by his profile, which indicates that he has an idea of the place where he will then play. Oregon is a program linked to Iamaleava since reports began to surface on its situation in Tennessee.
