LSU head coach Brian Kelly weighed in on the saga of former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.
On Saturday, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel introduced Iamaleava wouldn’t return subsequent season.
Heupel stated Iamaleava’s resolution to skip follow throughout his title, picture and likeness (NIL) contract negotiations with Tennessee led to the break up.
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LSU head coach Brian Kelly watches from the sideline within the second half towards Alabama in Baton Rouge Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photograph/Gerald Herbert)
“This program has been round for a very long time,” Heupel stated. “There are quite a lot of nice coaches, quite a lot of nice gamers who got here earlier than that laid the cornerstone items, the legacy, the custom that’s Tennessee soccer. It’ll be round a very long time after I am gone and after they’re gone.”
Kelly predicted Iamaleava’s scenario will turn into extra frequent as NIL evolves.
Tennessee Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel watches a recreation within the first half at Ohio Stadium Dec. 21, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. (Imagn)
“I feel there are modifications coming to NIL. I feel that is the primary model of correction,” Kelly stated Saturday.
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“I feel we’re going to see quite a lot of this. This was a brand new world. I feel we’re going to navigate the very best we will, however I feel there are going to be different conditions that come. I feel we’re going to must do the very best we will. I feel there (is) going to be higher info that may permit folks to take a look at comps for positions and say, ‘That is sensible’ and ’That doesn’t make sense.'”
NIL has had a historic impact on faculty sports activities, and, this month, a number of high-profile applications opted to not maintain conventional spring video games. Among the faculties’ selections handled considerations it might open the door for extra gamers to enter the switch portal or be enticed by one other applications’ NIL packages.
Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava walks off the sector after a win towards the Vanderbilt Commodores at FirstBank Stadium Nov. 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts/Imagn Photos)
LSU was amongst these faculties that did play a spring recreation this yr.
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Iamaleava was making $2.4 million on an NIL contact. However when he signed it, it was reported to be value an estimated $8 million. Iamaleava acquired the preliminary fee when he was nonetheless enrolled in highschool. ESPN reported the overall worth of the deal might have reached almost $10 million.
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