Paul Finebaum sounds off on Nico Iamaleava’s Tennessee exit, calls QB ‘toxic’

The outpouring transportation portal opens connected Wednesday, giving assemblage athletes the accidental to play wherever they choose. The portal tin beryllium either beneficial oregon detrimental, depending connected however it's used. Some players spot it arsenic a accidental to find amended opportunities, portion others—like Nico Iamaleava—become cautionary tales aft a large fallout with their erstwhile program.

Iamaleava has go an illustration pursuing his departure from Tennessee. According to reports, helium seems similar a bully kid, but his camp’s greed triggered chaos successful Knoxville. The lone mode he’ll beryllium earnestly considered by different programs is if his representatives instrumentality the blasted disconnected of him.

“The radical who screwed this up for him, his representation, should bash the archetypal dignified happening they’ve done and measurement up to instrumentality the arrows for him,” Josh Pate said. “He’s not the 1 that got himself into this mess.”

As clip passes, much programs are reportedly pulling retired of the Iamaleava sweepstakes—largely due to the fact that he’s not consenting to judge a wage cut.

“My suspicion is that helium volition instrumentality a wage chopped to spell determination else. People aren’t going to beryllium jumping to wage him much than the $2.2 oregon $2.4 cardinal helium was expected to get from Tennessee,” Andy Staples made clear.

If Iamaleava does hold to instrumentality a reduced deal, teams whitethorn statesman to earnestly see him. However, Paul Finebaum didn’t clasp backmost erstwhile discussing the erstwhile Tennessee QB, cautioning others to deliberation doubly earlier getting involved.

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“I would enactment distant from him,” said Finebaum. “Buyer beware of this guy. It’s not adjacent Nico. It’s the full apparatus. Something tells maine Nico personally is not personally successful the mediate of these negotiations. Team Nico is. I mean, determination is simply a toxic feeling astir this subordinate due to the fact that of the attention.” Finebaum stated.

Iamaleava’s vocation is present successful superior jeopardy. With disapproval mounting and spot eroding, it’s apt that fewer programs volition beryllium consenting to instrumentality a accidental connected him.