UCLA paid the price to bring in quarterback Nico Iamaleava this offseason. Now it's time for Iamaleava to live up to his price tag for the Bruins

UCLA bringing in Iamaleava, and the situation with transfer wideout Kaedin Robinson — who made public record his $500,000 NIL deal in an effort to successfully sue the NCAA for eligibility this season — signals that the Bruins, who went 3-6 in league play in their first year in the Big Ten, are now in the game.

Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava publicly pushed back against what he <a href=" "false reports" that his decision to transfer to UCLA was driven by an NIL dispute.

Former Tennessee Vols QB Nico Iamaleava addresses the rumor that his camp contacted the Oregon Ducks about transferring originally appeared on A to Z Sports. One of the craziest rumors from the Nico Iamaleava Tennessee Vols/UCLA Bruins transfer drama in April involved Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks.

What exactly went down between Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee is unknown, but the new UCLA quarterback is adamant that the alleged NIL standoff did not result lead to his transfer portal decision. The former five-star signed what was believed to be the first multi-million NIL deal for a high-school prospect when coming out of Downey,