Over the weekend, there was some massive news in the college football world which could end up hitting the Tulane Green Wave with some of the ripple effect.
Tennessee Volunteers star quarterback Nico Iamaleava was reportedly looking for a renegotiation of his already lucrative NIL deal, and when the program refused, Iamaleava decided to skip practice.
As a result, head coach Josh Heupel and his staff decided to part ways with the former high-profile recruit rather than bending to his demands, which is extremely notable in its own right as the first example of a team pushing back against the ongoing NIL circus…