Paul Finebaum bashes Nico Iamaleava’s ‘greedy’ family, ‘overbearing’ father

Paul Finebaum has been among the most outspoken critics of Nico Iamaleava‘s shocking decision to leave Tennessee high and dry the day before the team’s annual Spring game last week. And now, on the same day the now-former Volunteers quarterback officially entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, the SEC Network firebrand doubled down, this time directing his ire at Iamaleava’s “greedy” family.

During a conversation about the Iamaleava-Tennessee divorce with a caller identified as “KO from New Jersey” on Wednesday’s The Paul Finebaum Show, Finebaum unleashed a strong rebuke of Iamaleava’s family, taking particular aim at Iamaleava’s “overbearing father,” Nic Iamaleava.

“We’re talking about a greedy family who didn’t think $2.4 million was enough and the overbearing father – yeah, I said it – stuck his hand where he should’ve left it out because he already tried to shake Tennessee down in December,” Finebaum responded after “KO from New Jersey” attempted to empathize with the Iamaleava’s situation. “So he tried to shake them down again, and guess what, somebody finally stood up to the bully and ‘Screw you, buddy.’”

Iamaleava, a former 2023 five-star signee out of Long Beach, Calif., officially entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Wednesday, five days after NIL negotiations broke down between his representatives and Tennessee officials late last week. That failed negotiation led Iamaleava to skip out on the Volunteers’ final Spring practice Friday, and the two sides opted to part ways late Friday, one day before Tennessee’s Orange-White Spring game on Saturday.

This report will be updated.

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