According to Will West, "negotiations" were always about getting more receivers, OL

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I honestly think media is putting stuff like this out so when we cave and pay him, they can say we didn’t, and try to look like we didn’t cave to his demands.
 
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Vol865 said:
It's $2 million a year. It'll cost more to get another P4 caliber out of the portal if they go that direction. Regardless of this situation, we aren't ponying up money to be an elite football program.
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That’s millions. Anything over 1 million is millions. And yes, the situation is ridiculous.
 
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Orange931 said:
That’s millions. Anything over 1 million is millions. And yes, the situation is ridiculous.
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Yes it is millions. Throwing around the $8 million thing doesn't change the fact that $2 million a year is a bargain in the current climate. Doesn't mean I agree with how any of this is going.
 
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UT_Tix79 said:
I honestly think media is putting stuff like this out so when we cave and pay him, they can say we didn’t, and try to look like we didn’t cave to his demands.
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That only works if you somehow pull in some top tier OL and receivers in the portal for the upcoming season. And how do you do that when you just gave the bag you had (and practically doubled it) to this guy?
 
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Orange931 said:
Well Will West, that’s a load of bs if I’ve ever heard it. Also, maybe if Nico wasn’t getting 8 million we could use some of that money on other players. My goodness, you’ve got a scholarship to play football at one of the best universities in the country with everything pretty much paid for. Do you really need millions of dollars right now?
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(His, Nico's) Daddy needs a new pair of shoes 🤣🤣
 
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DooleyOrangePants said:
This smells like Nico’s team (or father because apparently “Team” is a foreign concept to them) is trying to spin some damage control because this hasn’t gone quite like they tried to play it out.

He will still get rich, but hopefully they get a dose of reality after this and watch that fade away from the greed & extortion they tried to pull here. Calling coaches to gauge interest and value should have been the first clue to anyone paying attention.
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Nailed it, brother. It all stinks. Another example of the "Pandora's Box" in today's college sports scene.
 
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TN is a top 10 NIL program... Money doesn't grow on trees... There is many others getting paid on the team too... Nico was paid fairly for his position and results... He got 2M sitting mostly his first year... 2M was fair for his first season as a starter... He balls out this year he has the choice to go pro or get the pay he wanted this year if he decided to stay... Tennessee has played this the way they should... If his Dad and crew really had faith in his talent they would have stayed and been loyal to the University that went to bat for him when the NCAA tried to deem him ineligible
 
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vols1071 said:
TN is a top 10 NIL program... Money doesn't grow on trees... There is many others getting paid on the team too... Nico was paid fairly for his position and results... He got 2M sitting mostly his first year... 2M was fair for his first season as a starter... He balls out this year he has the choice to go pro or get the pay he wanted this year if he decided to stay... Tennessee has played this the way they should... If his Dad and crew really had faith in his talent they would have stayed and been loyal to the University that went to bat for him when the NCAA tried to deem him ineligible
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That last bit you posted is spot on - and should tell anyone what kind of people Nico and his family are. I don’t want to hear the arguments about “fair market” and “you’d negotiate your pay too” - this entire state went to war for this guy and this is what we get? Miss me with that noise, this guy can walk and we will be better off for it.
 
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DooleyOrangePants said:
That last bit you posted is spot on - and should tell anyone what kind of people Nico and his family are. I don’t want to hear the arguments about “fair market” and “you’d negotiate your pay too” - this entire state went to war for this guy and this is what we get? Miss me with that noise, this guy can walk and we will be better off for it.
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Am I the only person, if I was mediocre at a job, I wouldn’t think I deserved more money? Like yea I would WANT more money, but ain’t no way in hell I’d think I’d deserve more money. People do know there’s this thing called smart negotiating, and that’s not what Nico’s family are currently doing. I’m also tired of that talking point
 
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wether or not all of us “would try to negotiate more money”, Nico’s family over played their hand. That’s just ****** negotiating
 
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TheVolunteer002 said:
I don't buy that for a minute.
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It makes sense though. If the goal is to be a high NFL draft pick then you need the best team around you. Nico and his family could be looking at the current talent level on offense and seeing that they need more help if Nico is to maximize his potential and be a 1st round pick.

It's actually more plausible than him trying to squeeze another million or two out of us when franchise QBs are making $60 million a year now. Maximum NFL money could be the goal rather than maximum NIL money.
 
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Didn't West say that Coach gave Nico the day off from practice so he would not get booed? Missing practice is a bad look, so that makes no sense to me. They are saying that Coach loves Nico; Nico loves Coach and Tennessee; somebody else caused the problem. Because I do not know what is really happening, I think I'll wait and see without getting steamed up about it.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
It makes sense though. If the goal is to be a high NFL draft pick then you need the best team around you. Nico and his family could be looking at the current talent level on offense and seeing that they need more help if Nico is to maximize his potential and be a 1st round pick.

It's actually more plausible than him trying to squeeze another million or two out of us when franchise QBs are making $60 million a year now. Maximum NFL money could be the goal rather than maximum NIL money.
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Yeah I’d buy that too…. If he wasn’t ghosting the entire Tennessee coaching staff after going mia. You’d think Nico’s dad would be tweeting rn telling people Nico is staying but he hasn’t tweeted all day since posting that Kanye West style X post.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
It makes sense though. If the goal is to be a high NFL draft pick then you need the best team around you. Nico and his family could be looking at the current talent level on offense and seeing that they need more help if Nico is to maximize his potential and be a 1st round pick.

It's actually more plausible than him trying to squeeze another million or two out of us when franchise QBs are making $60 million a year now. Maximum NFL money could be the goal rather than maximum NIL money.
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If he wants to go back to the West Coast he’s not going to find a place that will give him that ability .
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
It makes sense though. If the goal is to be a high NFL draft pick then you need the best team around you. Nico and his family could be looking at the current talent level on offense and seeing that they need more help if Nico is to maximize his potential and be a 1st round pick.

It's actually more plausible than him trying to squeeze another million or two out of us when franchise QBs are making $60 million a year now. Maximum NFL money could be the goal rather than maximum NIL money.
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Pulling a stunt like this so late in the Spring is a bad move. He will need time to adjust at any new school.

Also, NFL teams know that their success is rooted in a solid dependable QB. Holding out for contract negotiations is a diva WR move. This will definitely be a red flag to any NFL owner or GM.
 
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I think it was all money. We have help on the line and he has more than enough weapons at receiver, especially now with Boo playing both ways.
 
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