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Is Nico worth four million?

Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:24 am
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2295 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:24 am


quote:

UCLA's Nico Iamaleava predicted to transfer to program willing to meet $4M demand Tennessee refused


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Posted by Tarpon08
Cut Off, LA
Member since Dec 2014
7771 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:29 am to
I normally don't root for kids to fail. However, I hope the next check this dude cashes is from a Burger King.
Posted by jonnyanony
Member since Nov 2020
14534 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:30 am to
I believe it was Serrenaux who said "NICO4HEIS" so some people seem to think so.

Oh and by the way, his name is NICO. Learn it.
Posted by BuckI
Grove City, Ohio
Member since Oct 2020
6918 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:31 am to
Nico needs to quit listening to his dad, swallow his pride, take a pay cut, and see if Lincoln Riley or another proven QB coach can improve him for the NFL.
Posted by gaius julius bevo
Member since Jul 2021
690 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:38 am to
Is that article what passes for sports journalism now? It's little more than clickbait.

And no I don't think Nico is worth $4 million, and I'd be shocked if Miami or anyone else pays him that much as the article speculates.
Posted by John somers
Los Proxima
Member since Oct 2024
495 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:43 am to
Maybe Lagway will go to UCLA when we fire Billy.
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2295 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:59 am to
quote:

Is that article what passes for sports journalism now?


Where can I read your sports articles?
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
15399 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:02 am to
Nico is worth about tree fiddy ... I mean $3.50 working at the King of Burgers. He is arse and his dad is a moron.
Posted by Techdave
Laffy
Member since Apr 2014
212 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:04 am to
quote:

I normally don't root for kids to fail. However, I hope the next check this dude cashes is from a Burger King.




Ain't nobody gonna take a chance on this turd now. Hahaha maybe not even Burger King
This post was edited on 9/26/25 at 9:05 am
Posted by Gator Fever
Member since Sep 2021
4007 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:32 am to
Any team that gives Nico even 50K would be foolish.
Posted by Nasty_Canasta
Your Mom’s house
Member since Dec 2024
3303 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:35 am to
Iamaleava should pay a school for giving him any type of chance to see a football field
Posted by IvIerlot
Knoxville, TN
Member since Oct 2022
829 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:43 am to
Nico will go to Vanderbilt, heard it here first.
Posted by 2Dueces
Member since Dec 2018
353 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:45 am to
Any team that pays that to pick his sorry arse up are idiots. The kid has proven he doesn’t have it between the ears to be successful.
Posted by Boomer65
Norman
Member since Sep 2022
893 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:50 am to
He isn’t even a proven QB. Dude can frick off. I’m not quite sure but I think OU paid Mateer $3 millions for a year(?). Nico and his dad are nothing but toxic parasites.
Posted by BoomerFNSooner
Choctaw
Member since Jul 2021
431 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 9:52 am to
Hard to feel sorry for him, but his family suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks and it has gone so poorly for him. You almost feel bad for him. Almost.
Posted by DawginSC
Member since Aug 2022
7522 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 10:03 am to
He wasn't worth the 2 million or whatever it was Tennessee paid him to sit the bench a few years..

Giving millions in NIL to a recruit is not a great investment in my opinion, even the most highly regarded recruits. MAYBE you can argue a proven guy is worth a couple million a year, but UGA (so far at least) hasn't gone above 1.5 million or so for anyone, and has only done that for guys who are proven starters.

I'd take 3 4-star QB recruits for a few hundred grand a year in hopes of hitting on one then 2 million on a 5 star guy who still might miss. I think you're more likely to get a better result with 3 4-stars than one 5-star at QB.
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2295 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 10:20 am to
I still think there should be a cap on NIL and if they leave have to pay back the remainder, and they should pay full tuition for the education they are getting. Think about it, without college in football they would have no shot at the NFL.
This post was edited on 9/26/25 at 10:26 am
Posted by Sgt Barnes
Murfreesboro
Member since Jul 2011
838 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 10:59 am to
He will go to a team (probably Florida) that plays Tennessee and will go off leading said team to victory. It’s the Tennessee way.
Posted by Barry McCockinner
Member since Sep 2018
1460 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 11:05 am to
No and he never has been worth that kind of money
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
24474 posts
Posted on 9/26/25 at 11:09 am to
quote:

Nico will go to Vanderbilt, heard it here first.
would suck for the Vandy dynasty they’ve established

Nico is no Diego
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