All right, let's get some football in the mix.

We have to.

It's mandatory.

Music and RICO and things.

Well, Michael, earlier in the show, we talked about Nico Imaleava.

I'm disgusted.

You are.

You're Josh Heipel.

You're the coach of Tennessee.

Yeah.

How do you handle this situation?

Listen, my answer is totally unrealistic. So I'm just, I'm not going to lie to the listeners. I would just tell him to go F himself. Okay. I would also get fired because boosters would demand my head. So it's not even a real answer. You have to get in bed with the

sleaze and you got to pay this kid because he's waited to the point of no return. It's spring.

The portal's going to open, but no one as good as him will be in it. You're getting extorted.

I think you got to pay him. So realistically speaking, no, now if you're Josh Heppel, do you get involved in negotiations? Do you pull them aside and say,

son, I really need you here? Or do you just sit back and say, call me what happens whenever?

I'll throw the question back to you. Doesn't it depend on the structure of the program? Certain

coaches are out of the financial discussions. The GM handles it. Other coaches are more hands-on.

Is that a fair assessment?

It is a fair assessment, but I think kind of like any negotiation, when it's your star

player, you know, that's when the big dogs are like, okay, I need to make my star player happy.

So normally I would let the GM deal with the backup punter and center and all that old.

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