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The Stephen A. Smith Show

Stephen A's Quick Hitters: Tennessee QB wanted $4 million | WNBA Draft / Paige Beckers | Rory's career slam!

The Stephen A. Smith Show

Stephen A. Smith and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Sports

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Stephen A. Smith is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Executive Producer, host of ESPN's First Take, and co-host of NBA Countdown.

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0:00.0

What's up, everyone? It's Greg Rosenthal, and I'm teaming up with the King of Spring.

0:05.2

Daniel Jeremiah, he requires me to say that. We're going to be bringing you 40s and free agents,

0:09.6

the only podcast you'll need this NFL draft season. From DJ's mock drafts to my top 101

0:14.7

free agents, we'll have it covered for you with all new episodes every Thursday, keeping you

0:19.6

up to date as we head to the NFL draft.

0:22.4

Listen to 40s and free agents on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:32.5

Let's get to some quick hitters from the world of sports.

0:35.3

Did you all hear about what happened to the University of Tennessee this past weekend?

0:38.6

The university has moved on from starting quarterback Nico Iamalava.

0:44.6

Nico was a no-show at practice on Friday while its NIL contract negotiations with the university were ongoing.

0:50.7

University was prepared to pay Nico $2.4 million.

0:58.0

But apparently representatives for Nico wanted $4 million.

1:05.0

Head coach, Josh, what is his hypo, had this to say about Nico. Quote, this program has been around for a long time.

1:07.0

There are a lot of great coaches, a lot of great players who came before that laid the

1:10.8

cornerstone pieces, the legacy, the tradition that is Tennessee football. It's going to be around a long time

1:16.3

after I'm gone and after they're gone, end quote. On Friday night, Yamalava notified the team that he

1:22.9

was in the process of filling out his paperwork and plan to enter the transfer portal when it opens up this Wednesday.

1:29.3

This is a bad look for this kid. Let's get that out the way first. It's a bad look for the kid.

1:34.3

It's not entirely his fault. He's a kid. They say supporters reportedly his father's involved.

1:40.3

Obviously he's got an agent. We all listen to our representatives we all listen to our

1:46.0

lawyers but the adults in the room ultimately have to concede and acquiesce to what the client wants

1:55.2

in this case it would be iamalava when you look at nico he's a kid. He's a young man. And in all likelihood,

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