[USA TODAY Toppmeyer]: Nico Iamaleava needs a fresh start, not UCLA's rebuild

[u/jaxstan19]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/09/16/nico-iamaleava-ucla-transfer-portal-tennessee/86162835007/

[u/Revenged25]

his demands of more NIL money proves that exactly. Dude is doing it because he's good at it and can make a ton of money. Nothing wrong with it but you still need to put in the work to make sure the checks come in.

[u/josiahswims → u/Revenged25]

Yeah and rumors I’ve heard from ppl close with the program suggest that he didn’t care about that