We got an emergency episode here on the PFF college football show, so much so that we're not even in studio right now.

Donlan and I are in our apartment building.

Don't is about two floors above me right now here on a Saturday morning.

Dolan, late breaking news here in college football.

And it is massive.

Tennessee is moving on from star quarterback, Nico Iamaliava.

They had a contract dispute. He wanted a new deal after this past season. He was looking for more money.

He missed practice. He missed a team meeting as well. And Josh Hefeel said, you know what?

We're done. We're not, we're not going to be our quarterback next year. Nico I. Maliava, as of right now, is in the spring transfer window and will be by

far the biggest name in the spring transfer portal window as well. Don't just what is your reaction

to this kind of news and how does this kind of show where we are in today's day and age of NIL? I mean, first of all, just widespread ramifications when you look at what could happen

now to Tennessee season with us having basically no idea who their starting quarterback is going

to be, where NICO's eventual landing spot could be and the impact it could have there. And then

you mentioned that the landscape of NIL and the contractual disputes that are going to happen every year with so many players.

You know, I remember Mack Brown telling us, look, it's just as big a battle, just trying to retain your own players as it is to recruit new ones and find new ones in the portal.

Right.

So the landscape, obviously, we know it's the Wild West.

It's not a whole lot of rules behind it. But essentially, all of these kids are on one-year contracts every year and free agency

happens every year.

And look, right now we've got two windows for it.

And Nico felt like, hey, I can make more money in this spring portal window.

Somebody else is going to get me a starting job at the market rate.

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