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The price for his services? $1.5 million, which is significantly less than the $2.4 million he would have made had he stayed at Tennessee.

To make things worse for him, the state income tax in California is going to eat away at a lot of that money as well, so he's going to be lucky to be seeing $850,000 after federal and state taxes (highest bracket in California, too).

To make things even worse, UCLA lost a lot of talent, and didn't replace it, which was one of the reasons why Chip Kelly bolted.

I was always told to find something good to say about someone, so I'll say this. He's a good example of how you can make your own life miserable by thinking too much of yourself.


Link: https://www.ocregister.com/2025/04/17/swanson-nico-iamaleava-to-ucla-cautionary-tale-or-fairy-tale/