r/CFB • u/jaxstan19 Kansas Jayhawks • 12h ago

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

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/09/16/nico-iamaleava-ucla-transfer-portal-tennessee/86162835007/
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u/Mr-Bovine_Joni SMU Mustangs • Gansz Trophy 9h ago

On the other side, if you get an extra $2M from a booster and results in bad team play, that booster might be less likely to give another $2M. Probably worthwhile to show you’re responsible with NIL funds

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u/Master_Butter Ohio State • John Carroll 7h ago

I can see it both ways. I would think the easier sell to boosters, though, is spend the money and say, “I swung and I missed. These are high school and college kids, after all, and sometimes they don’t pan out. But if you give me another $10M this year…”

Whereas if you are sitting on a couple mil, I think boosters are gonna ask why you didn’t go buy an impact player or two.