Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava appears bound for UCLA, per numerous reports, after leaving the Vols over a dispute about NIL pay.

The news comes after attempts to renegotiate his NIL went public, creating what essentially became an NFL-style holdout.

College football ought to send a collective thank you to Tennessee, according to Paul Finebaum. The SEC Network analyst Monday called the Tennessee-Nico Iamaleava saga one of the “most important recent stories in college football history.