Nico Iamaleava and UNT

MeanGreenZen · 2025-04-15T01:26:02Z

UNT and the rest of the G5 have been losing players abruptly due to greater NIL $$$ demands for years.
It happens once to an SEC team and it becomes the biggest story in sports. Lol.

Edited yesterday at 01:26 AM by MeanGreenZen

NT80 · 2025-04-15T02:21:37Z

44 minutes ago, MeanGreenZen said:

UNT and the rest of the G5 have been losing players abruptly due to greater NIL $$$ demands for years.
It happens once to an SEC team and it becomes the biggest story in sports. Lol.

The SEC and Big10 are like the college version of the NFL to most G5 and HS player$. You get a call up and supposedly you are set financially.

This case (aired publicly) showed a player had a set deal for his full college career at Tennessee for $8mil. They went to the CFP his first season (last season). Then his agent decides he should get paid more. Tennessee says no. The agent floats his name to Oregon in January; they say no and tell Tennessee he is being shopped. Before the last practice of spring, right before the spring game...and before the spring portal opens, again the player asks for more. Tennessee says no again. The player sits out practice and says he intends to enter the portal. Tennessee says see ya!

I know people say players should be on contracts, but this kid was, and still wanted to hold out for more. The same things are happening in the NFL with players right before their last year of contracts wanting to sit out and not play until they get re-negotiated. Agents have the kid's ear...and it's all about $$.

Aquila_Viridis · 2025-04-15T02:31:20Z

Maybe it’s time for division iii. I have a lot of disdain for nfl, and the same for this version of ‘college’ sports.

As for this dude, they could have seen the writing on the wall. It’s right in the name. He is a leaver.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-04-15T14:43:11Z

Same loser that tried to hold out of the college football playoff game... then proceeded to throw for 104 yards on 45%.

Was getting 2/per... wanted 4/per... Tennessee told him to phuck off.

Collegiate athletics is worse than ever. There is not much good about the setup. Yet, losers* that have nothing better to do hang onto every play in every game.

*Sometimes I'm that loser. But I no longer schedule my fall weekends or days, or basketball nights around any one game.

untbowler · 2025-04-15T15:05:25Z

Mario Cristobal at Miami has put out a hard line statement that if his players hold out, they will be gone. This is what needs to happen.

Cougar King · 2025-04-15T15:46:04Z

13 hours ago, Aquila_Viridis said:

Maybe it’s time for division iii. I have a lot of disdain for nfl, and the same for this version of ‘college’ sports.

As for this dude, they could have seen the writing on the wall. It’s right in the name. He is a leaver.

Lol go ahead and drop down to D3. If you think going to FCS lost a generation of fans, see what D3 does to the few fans you have left.

Mean Green 93-98 · 2025-04-15T16:25:23Z

1 hour ago, untbowler said:

Mario Cristobal at Miami has put out a hard line statement that if his players hold out, they will be gone. This is what needs to happen.

Well, his NIL collective is already paying his roster double what any other school will pay. So he has a lot more leverage to say that than, say, Eric Morris.

NT80 · 2025-04-15T16:33:36Z

10 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Well, his NIL collective is already paying his roster double what any other school will pay. So he has a lot more leverage to say that than, say, Eric Morris.

Didn't we snag a Miami QB?

Cougar King · 2025-04-15T17:38:17Z

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

Didn't we snag a Miami QB?

One that can't get on the field.

NT80 · 2025-04-15T17:43:22Z

6 minutes ago, Cougar King said:

One that can't get on the field.

Morris coached Cam Ward.

I think he knows if a QB can see the field or not, more than you do.

Mean Green 93-98 · 2025-04-15T17:57:16Z

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

Didn't we snag a Miami QB?

Yes, but we didn't snag a starter at Miami by offering him more NIL dollars.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-04-15T18:25:23Z

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

Didn't we snag a Miami QB?

Morris has 100% leverage to send people packing for in-season holdouts given these types will be packing anyway.

MeanGreenTexan · 2025-04-15T18:41:07Z

55 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Morris coached Cam Ward.

I think he knows if a QB can see the field or not, more than you do.

I'm really tired of this argument. Cam Ward means nothing to Mean Green Football. Stop bringing that dude up.

If you want to say he ID'd Rogers & Morris (both successful QB's here), that's fine. Let's hope he's 3-for-3 with Poffenbarger.

NT80 · 2025-04-15T19:38:23Z

53 minutes ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I'm really tired of this argument. Cam Ward means nothing to Mean Green Football. Stop bringing that dude up.

If you want to say he ID'd Rogers & Morris (both successful QB's here), that's fine. Let's hope he's 3-for-3 with Poffenbarger.

He recruited and coached Ward at WSU, same as he did with Rogers and Morris here.
It’s all part of his resume with QBs…that was the whole point…. He knows QBs and wouldn’t offer one here from Miami if he didn’t believe he had some game.