Nico Iamaleava domino effect among ESPN’s top storylines for 2025 season

Nico Iamaleava’s very public departure from Tennessee last month remains one of the defining stories of the NIL era to this point. So does the fallout from it. TALK ABOUT IT IN THE ROCKY TOP FORUM Iamaleava’s decision to skip out on the Vols’ final spring practice amid reports of contract negotiations before entering the transfer portal and ending up at UCLA after two years in Knoxville was highly publicized and put Tennessee at the center of the latest chapter in the ever-changing NIL saga. ESPN listed it among its 10 “must know” storylines 100 days before the start of…