re: ESPN: Nico still looking for more than $4 million

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Let's stop lying to ourselves and acting like these kids were paying for their college, health care, books, lodging, meals AND playing football "for free". They have been getting EXPONENTIALLY more than the average student who actually goes to class and actually does the work, rather than having tutors do it for them, and then the player gets handed a degree as if he's "earned it," like the regular student. The value of health care, schooling, meals, and lodging is well into the six figures, and most of the time into the millions in monetary value. "Exploited" is a little dramatic...

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This is what I never understood. Those kids were already getting compensated well. They were given everything they needed to survive (and thrive) for 4 years, for free. Plus plenty of extra perks. That's hundreds of thousands of dollars.

NIL's intent was to let people like the third string RB make some money off a car commercial because he had no future in the NFL. It only took like 30 seconds for it to unite with the unlimited transfer portal and turn into a pay-for-play free-for-all which basically killed the sport. That, plus the CTE concerns and inevitable playoff expansion, will ultimately be the death of CFB.

Plenty of us saw it coming but no one wanted to listen. Those poor exploited kids!

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How much is Lagaway of UF worth? 3million?

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It all depends on the state of your program. UF needs to win a lot more than Tennessee.

No one wants Billy Napier but there's a shite load of schools that would take Heupel in a heartbeat. Desperate schools/coaches pay morn

I'd say 2 million at UF.

The NCAA and the schools didn't have any foresight to what could and eventually would happen. But even still, there are too many people pretending like these kids weren't getting anything of value out of playing college sports. When in actuality, a lot of them were getting more value out of their college scholarship than the average American gets out of their job compensation package. But somehow they were "done wrong".

Dude was the 9th rated QB in the SEC last year. Him and daddy have royally screwed his career.

My enjoyment of college sports is nearing it's end. This little event and the retirement of jerseys in what is now the hood of CU has just about ended it for me.

But Daddy, we just lost the 2.4 million we already had at Tenner.

Shut up Junior, I know how these stuff-shirted poontangs work! It's all a game Junior, we gonna get that 4 million and you momma gonna get new titties.

Shut yo arse Junior, I got'em right where I want 'em.

All that it takes is one starting qb to get hurt or suspended.

ROFLMAO.

Just saw a video from yesterday with Tony Basilio, the Knoxville talk show host. The short version:

1. Nico’s father is literally nuttier than a fruitcake, he’s a control freak and a bully who dominates his sons’ lives and Nico clams up into “Yes boss” mode when his dad’s around.

2. Tennessee isn’t making any stand on principle against NIL, they’re talking to other quarterbacks right now and are quite willing to spend $4 million to get one. They’re making a stand against crazy because they had zero idea they’d gotten involved with crazy.

Take that as you will.

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He absolutely could transfer to OU sit a year and then play in 2026.

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Do you think an SEC program is going to pay 2mm for him to sit?