The backup was better, I guess, and could've stood back there and did what Nico did... right? This has been going on since December. So Tennessee definitely thought well enough of him to attempt to negotiate since then to try and keep him. What you are ignoring is the economic element in Tennessee. Maybe some of the boosters are hurting with the current "climate" and don't see fit to fork it over. Nebraska, as a state, is looking at a federal bail out in the next 6 months, having deported 70% of their farming workforce. NIL at the university will be affected. It's going to happen all over the country.. just as kids wanting to renegotiate contracts every year if they have the ability to do so. You would.. if you could!