LSU head coach Brian Kelly weighed on the saga of the ancient quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava.
On Saturday, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel announced that Iamaleava would not return next season.
Heupel said Iamaleava’s decision to skip the practice during his name, the image and resemblance (null) contractual negotiations with Tennessee led to split.
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LSU head coach Brian Kelly looks at the touch in the second half against Alabama in Red Baton on November 9, 2024. (AP photo / Gerald Herbert)
“This program has existed for a long time,” said Heupel. “There are many major coaches, many great players who preceded who threw the pieces of the cornerstone, the inheritance, the tradition which is the football of Tennessee. It will be there long after my departure and after their departure.”
Kelly predicted that the situation of Iamaleava will become more common as Nile will evolve.
Tennessee volunteer coach Josh Heupel watches a first half match at the Ohio stadium on December 21, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio. (Imagn)
“I think there are zero changes. I think it’s the first version of the correction,” Kelly said on Saturday.
“ University football is a joke, ‘said the NFL star
“I think we will see a lot. It was a new world. I think we are going to sail in the best possible, but I think there will be other situations that will come. I think we will have to do our best.
Nile had a historic effect on university sports and, this month, several high-level programs have chosen not to organize traditional spring games. Some of the school decisions have faced concerns that would open the door to more players to enter the transfer portal or be attracted by the zero packages of another program.
The quarter-back of the volunteers of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava left the field after a victory against the Commodores of Vanderbilt at the Stadium Firstbank on November 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts / Imagn images)
LSU was one of those schools that played a spring match this year.
Iamaleava made $ 2.4 million on zero contact. But when he signed it, it was about $ 8 million. Iamaleava received the initial payment when he was still listed in high school. ESPN said the total value of the agreement could have achieved nearly $ 10 million.
