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Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:28 PM
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Tried to use the playoff game to put Tennessee in a fix. Wasn't going to play unless he got extra cash. That's as low as you can go. Other players tried that, too. Very lackluster effort from several.
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Game Day Hero [4335]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:30 PM
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Yeah that was some low class selfish BS. He deserves to fail at whatever his next stop is
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:31 PM
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They are lucky he is gone. Sounds like a cancer.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [100279]
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There were players from other teams that did that too and not just Tenn
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:34 PM
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but it definitely stinks.
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:36 PM
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I just wish DJ had done some of these things after his first year as a starter.
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Game Changer [1908]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
Apr 16, 2025, 8:18 AM
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Hahahaharsh. Good one.
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National Champion [7770]
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ya'll got Big Dave-d
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:43 PM
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we tried to tell you all
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Mike Matthews
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Isaiah Campbell
David Sanders
Oh what could have been if you would have been a Clemson Tiger
I think the Ohio State CFP blow out was peak Tennessee
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Orange Blooded [2226]
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I can't wait for the day when a player calls time out
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Apr 15, 2025, 12:45 PM
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Walks over to the coach and tells him, transfer $1 million to my swiss bank account and I will finish the game....
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Tiger Spirit [9103]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:00 PM
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You would have thought he would have played better in that game if that were the case. This will not end well for him I'm afraid.
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110%er [3872]
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:01 PM
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Glad Heupel stood up to his bs. Good on him.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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Heupel and Tenn are the biggest users and schemers on the NIL front, they
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:14 PM
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have been pushing the envelope since before it was legal (and while loose rules were defined). They should get NO applause for standing up to anyone, they created their own mess.
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Re: Heupel and Tenn are the biggest users and schemers on the NIL front, they
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:46 PM
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yep, it couldn't have happened to a more deserving outfit. vols have been shady long before NIL. that is the way of the esecpn conference.
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Campus Hero [13775]
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Was this before or after UTjr poached Billy Amick from our roster?
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:09 PM
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Why should I feel bad for you roster tampering hillbillies? Go back yo your own teams website.
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Commissioner [1274]
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Re: Was this before or after UTjr poached Billy Amick from our roster?
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Apr 15, 2025, 6:46 PM
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Agree when you buy players it usually means cash in more important than loyalty.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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Another reason schools and the NCAA should relent and acknowledge these
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:11 PM
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guys are employees, collectively bargain and allow firm contracts and contract negotiations to take place between teams and players.
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MVP [508]
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Re: Another reason schools and the NCAA should relent and acknowledge these
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:33 PM
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Then they should pay taxes and ALL their expenses including education.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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That's your opinion, but I doubt schools would want it to end up that way
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:33 PM
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because there would be a LOT more cash flow going out annually. You would have to agree to pay every player on the roster, all 85 of them (or whatever the limit currently is), via cash if you wanted to fill out a maximum roster is as Clemson would strive to do.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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I mean on the tuition aspect, of course employees have to pay taxes***
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Apr 15, 2025, 3:00 PM
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Re: Another reason schools and the NCAA should relent and acknowledge these
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Apr 15, 2025, 3:07 PM
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You think its just that simple, call them employees and thats it?
Each team would be subject to any state labor laws on top of federal ones. Laws that currently don't apply to them. There would be no practice limitations because they are employees. Would each state have the same limits on work hours?
What about PTO and benefits?
What about health insurance?
What about workmans comp insurance and payouts?
What about the tax differentials by locality and states?
What about TBI or long term effects and the potential liability on the schools?
What about unionization? It's bound to happen, is it state level unions or national?
How do you feel about the inevitable lockouts?
What about midseason trades?
What about title IX implications?
What if some schools require going to and passing classes and some do not?
...and I am sure 1,000 other things I am not even thinking of.
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Solid Orange [1368]
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Players would be in a union/association and therefore all you bring out
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Apr 15, 2025, 6:27 PM
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will be negotiated and agreed upon, namely practice rules, eligibility, health care issues, etc. The ncaa already does many of the things you mention.
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Re: Players would be in a union/association and therefore all you bring out
Apr 16, 2025, 10:57 AM
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They already are in an association, the NCAA via the clearinghouse. See how well that has worked out in the last 5 years.
All of the things I listed get many more times complex once they become employees, not to mention the enormous cost to the universities. Also each state can/does dictate laws around labor, unionization, tax etc which would create at best an unlevel playing field and at worst stalement within the burgoening union which would lead to lockouts.
Can it all be worked out? Sure but it would take a decade and the damage done during that time would be irreptuable IMO
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and all the NFL teams are taking note. dummy.***
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:53 PM
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Ring of Honor [22190]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:53 PM
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Couldn’t of happened to a better school and fanbase
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Orange Phenom [14405]
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According to Josh Pate, he wasn't the only player involved in the playoffs who
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:54 PM
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tried to do this. Sport is as low as a snake's belly.
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Legend [6901]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 1:57 PM
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Your coach did the right thing, by telling him to pound pavement. Do you think, judging by Tennessees performance, in the playoff game, that the rest of the team may have known, and have been demoralized? He probably should have given him the boot, when he first made his demand.
And honestly, looking at his stats, they aren't really that impressive. I'm thinking DJU type numbers, nothing to set the world on fire.
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I don't believe you. Anyone desperate enough to troll another school's
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fan site lacks credibility IMO.
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Re: I don't believe you. Anyone desperate enough to troll another school's
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weak effort to explain away their first game performance in the CFB playoffs.
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:00 PM
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Makes me all that much happier that Dabo nipped this crap in the bud before it even began. We don't have this drama but the media wanted to create some about Clemson for not playing this game. Other programs are reaping what they sowed. Go Tigers!
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:08 PM
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When you play in a cesspool you're gonna get cessed on.
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:33 PM
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So he pulled this stunt in December and utenn did nothing until now?
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Game Changer [1810]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:49 PM
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Got to give Dan Lanning a kudos too! He called Josh and told him he was shopping himself before the playoff game.
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Solid Orange [1303]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 2:57 PM
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When UT gave him $8M over 3 years they opened the door to all this.
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 3:46 PM
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Schools paying this kind of cash for a HS player is just plain stupid. Paying huge prices in the hopes of the next Peyton Manning and then getting a dju instead. 😬
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CU Medallion [18672]
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Good....just wished he'd taken all of your money and then left. Did you make
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Apr 15, 2025, 3:30 PM
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your rounds to all of the other school's fan boreds to let them know.
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Rival Killer [2757]
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2 things can be true at once
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Apr 15, 2025, 4:51 PM
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I am glad Heupel called his bluff. And from the current look of things, whatever school he ends up at will be a SIGNIFICANT drop off from Tennessee. Despite initial rumors, it would appear places like USC, Oregon, and North Carolina want nothing to do with this guy, and rightfully so. UCLA might be his only hope to remain in the power-4, and apparently he could even wind up at a place like Sacramento State! There's virtually no way this could be considered a positive for him. He made a gamble, and it looks like he's gonna pay a massive price for it. To my memory, this is the 1st time in this NIL era that we've seen a major bag-chasing athlete like this really pay a price for his greed. Maybe this will send a message to other athletes that there are actually consequences for these types of actions if you push it too far. I hope other coaches will blackball this guy to send that message.
But on the other hand, what goes around comes around. Tennessee bought and paid for this guy from the very start, just as they have with so many others. They've had several major recruiting violations in the last 5 years, and they've openly bragged about breaking the rules. They've been one of the biggest perpetuators of the misuse of NIL right from the start, shamelessly buying and poaching players, with no consideration for culture or fairness at all. When that's the type of environment you create and players you bring in, this is exactly what you get. So at the end of the day, they only have themselves to blame. You got exactly what you should've expected. A big part of the reason why college athletics is in this state now is because of schools like Tennessee.
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Game Day Hero [4158]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 6:34 PM
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Couldn't happen to a better school....UT is dirty AF
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Apr 15, 2025, 6:37 PM
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If someone pays what his dad and agents are asking ...we enter an even darker realm in NCAA competitive sports.
If somebody pony's up 2 million for him it's down that slippery slope we go. Cannot let the "handlers" get the upper hand.
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Yea, thats why Clemson fans laugh at you SEC
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Apr 15, 2025, 7:26 PM
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homos. Nico was a top pick in his class, but had zero class and is likely as smart as Shameous Winston in the grey matter region.
Enjoy, loser.
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Orange Blooded [2378]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
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Correct. I heard bout it at the time.
Multiple Vol players were demanding more money in 2025 in return for playing out 2024.
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Orange Blooded [2187]
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Re: Nico Tried To Blackmail UT
Apr 16, 2025, 8:07 AM
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Wouldn't that be extortion, not blackmail?
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Apr 16, 2025, 11:49 AM
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Probably or I'll hold the team's chances of winning hostage for a cash payment.
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National Champion [7389]
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Apr 16, 2025, 1:15 PM
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That's what happens when you hire mercenaries.
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