What Kind of Program Would Have Tennessee Been Had they Buckled to Nico's Demands?

 This is a period that veers painfully between Happy Talk and Hostage Crisis, and if Nico Iamaleava was only really there to be there like Bristol Tickets, we would have a Bigger, More Fervent NCAA Problem.

Even now, I'd feel Peyton Manning's Leadership, even though he hasn't put on a Professional Football Uniform in a Decade. 

Had Tennessee buckled to Nico's Demands, it would have been a problem. Tennessee would have looked worse, and only West Virginia, who has even less Conference Prestige, is more Hardscrabble of a Public Base.

Tennessee is about Character, and Character would have been a Problem if you ONLY Played for the Cameras. I doubt there'd be Pilot Monies or Equal anywhere else.

What Tennessee opened up is the Unknown and it is not good.