Former Alabama running back, Damien Harris is stunned by the current state of college football after seeing the Nico Iamaleava saga play out in Knoxville this spring.
The Vols are feeling the ripple effects of the new landscape of college athletics after a reported NIL dispute with the redshirt sophomore quarterback.
Reports of the quarterback wanting to increase his NIL earnings and renegotiate recently surfaced. Iamaleava camp shut down these reports early on. The California native reportedly missed the next practice Tennessee had, and it is now expected to enter the transfer portal.
This chain of events has since become a jarring topic of discussion across college football, leaving many concerned about the future of college athletics in general.