Nico not at practice today

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#376
I know this is somewhat trivial but I REALLY don't want my GA fan brother-in-law's knickname of "Iama-leavin-ya" to become reality. And that is almost entirely not because of how good Nico may or may not be...
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Yes, and thanks to numerous lawsuits (many of which TN or UT were involved in) the NCAA has basically shuttered their enforcement office.

Welcome to the Wild Wild West.

Heupel and Co would be guilty of malpractice if they've not been chatting up various players playing or committed to other schools, that is ... tampering.
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And that’s really, to a large degree, where the problem lies. The NCAA was so reactive and heavy handed instead of being proactive and flexible with the changing college sports landscape where they could have played a major and positive role in guiding it through the transition into the NIL era. Had they sought counsel, or better counsel, they might possibly still be relevant and very instrumental through this whole process. Instead, they held on as tight as they could and got slapped down by the courts. I don’t know if they just didn’t have smart enough legal counsel to advise them that this was in fact coming and the courts were going to allow these athletes to be paid and they needed to be out in front of this transition. They failed in every possible way wrt to this entire issue…and it didn’t have to be that way. What a shame.
 
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UTFranklinVol said:
The players can still be students at your university as a benefit of employment. I was a paid professional at a corporation when I was in college at UT AND I got my tuition paid for and that was 25 years ago.
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You did that of your free will. Sure, athletes COULD be in school but most won't choose that route and the young ones will be looking to the NFL for the big exposure and payday.

"I didn't come hear to play school. I came here to play ball."
 
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ForMyLosses said:
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It definitely is because saban retired. Why would he leave if saban was staying they barely lost in the cfp semis?? Bama would have matched anything to keep him. He made his “business move/decision” after saban retired he says it pretty plainly here. 0% reason to lie about that.
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Alright man. I'm just telling you what he told the people around him, not the media. He didn't want the negativity saying it was about money. And I'm not one who needs the attention of strangers nor do I even care if you believe it don't believe it. I'll still drink my Grey Goose, eat my steak and lobster and rail my woman. A stranger believing or not believing me won't make or break my day. Just sharing info that I KNOW. And I'd much rather have more sources at TN than $hit about Alabubba. I was born into an Alabama family, yet took my own path and chose to bleed Orange and White. And to hate Ala on an unhealthy level. Go Vols.
 
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volbound1700 said:
This is going to be an 8-4 or so year. It was already shaping up to be a little problematic with some of the off season losses. Nico isn't the great QB he was hyped to be but he was probably still our best QB unless on of these backups shows us something we haven't expected like Hooker did.
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If Nico is gone, I guess he sells the TN Playbook?
 
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volbound1700 said:
The level of drama doesn't match Tennessee though. Even 2 years ago, we had that NIL situation and defense quit on us against South Carolina that cost us title game. You have the Pruitt drama going on, etc. Just constant drama with this School.
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I mean the two decades before Danny white this place was a clown show. Georgia had plenty of drama with Beck they just have enough talent to cover up a lot of the BS.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
You did that of your free will. Sure, athletes COULD be in school but most won't choose that route and the young ones will be looking to the NFL for the big exposure and payday.

"I didn't come hear to play school. I came here to play ball."
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Their NIL deals should include a certain amount of credits towards a legitimate degree each semester in addition to their athletic performance.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
You did that of your free will. Sure, athletes COULD be in school but most won't choose that route and the young ones will be looking to the NFL for the big exposure and payday.

"I didn't come hear to play school. I came here to play ball."
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most players already don't choose the school route. they do the very minimum to stay eligible to play which let me tell you isn't much unless youre Vanderbilt. the players now making big$ were already on track to leave the university for the pros without a degree in hand and it was never their intention to ever have a degree. it's been that way for decades.

the players who end up with degrees are players who never had pro potential and just play ball as a way to get a free education.

but lets be honest those aren't the players we care about, are they? no big time athlete comes to Tennessee or any other school for an education. they come to get exposure nationwide so they get put on the NFL draft boards.

I like the idea of the football team being owned by a group of people separate from the University where they can be free to make actual employment contracts and let the NIL stuff take a back seat.
 
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Just think how bad this is from Nico's perspective.

He will be eligible for the pros after this season and now instead of balling out with a playoff team where he knows the personnel, playbook, and system he has to go somewhere and start from scratch without benefit of even a spring practice. That has to at least move a pro career back a year over what amounts to crumbs in comparison to what he could make as a pro.

But the guy ran out of bounds on the last play of a game without even taking a shot in the endzone so it seems kind of fitting his career would get derailed by the same sort of choice.
 
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backdoorcutvol said:
Their NIL deals should include a certain amount of credits towards a legitimate degree each semester in addition to their athletic performance.
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NIL, until the House settlement is approved, are done outside of the school and have to be unattached to any school or performance.

Changing those rules likely gets the NCAA sued on Antitrust grounds.
 
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Rocky Top T said:
He can't transfer to Florida in the spring portal
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I bet Nico will win if he challenges that in court, unfortunately.

Courts have given too much rope to the players. When they eventually hang themselves, it will be an epic snap back to reality.
 
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