Recruiting Football Talk VII

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Cliffnotes from the article because I'm seeing a lot of questions:

Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada has sued Florida coach Billy Napier, top Gators booster Hugh Hathcock and former football staffer Marcus Castro-Walker over a failed name, image and likeness deal that would have paid the quarterback $13.85 million, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday.
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At the crux of the argument are the actions of Napier, Hathcock and his company Velocity Automotive, as well as Castro-Walker convincing Rashada to eschew a previously agreed upon $9.5 million NIL deal to attend Miami in favor of Florida. Rashada originally committed to play football at Miami in June 2022 under the terms of that deal, but the lawsuit alleges that Florida employees and boosters never backed off in their pursuit of the talented Pittsburg, Calif., product. It includes allegations that Hathcock told Rashada, "whatever Jaden needed to come to UF, Hathcock would make happen." It also alleges his father, Harlen, was told he could get a job in the security industry during a recruiting visit. Direct contact with a recruit during an on-campus visit by a booster is against NCAA rules.
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To sway Rashada's decision, Hathcock and Castro-Walker offered the $13.85 million deal with $5.35 million, including a $500,000 signing bonus, to come through Hathcock's Velocity Automotive company and the rest through Gator Guard
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The lawsuit claims, though, that Hathcock never had any intention of making that payment and everyone involved, including Napier, knew that.

"The collective never had the money and yet they were making all of these promises to the kid,"
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Instead, a day after the $500,000 payment was due, the Gator Collective sent Rashada a termination letter of the $13.85 million deal. Still, the lawsuit claims Napier and Castro-Walker went to great lengths to convince Rashada that they would make good on the promised money even without the contract. Castro-Walker told Rashada's agents that the Gator Guard would now take on paying the deal and that "Hathcock, through the Gator Guard, would personally guarantee the $13.85 million obligation himself."
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It all came to a head on Dec. 21, the first day of the early signing period, where Napier allegedly personally vouched to Rashada that Florida alumni "were good on their promise that Jaden would receive $1 million if he signed with UF on National Signing Day" and that Hathcock would make the payment. Harlen Rashada later texted Zager, "Coach Napier said [Hathcock's] on a plane and that he will wire 1 Mil. He wants the paper work and I'm sending it if you are good." It claims that Castro-Walker threatened Rashada that if he did not sign, Napier might pull his scholarship offer.
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Hardin told CBS Sports that Napier never should have been making those promises, which, at the time, were also against NCAA rules. "That's not a role he should have been involved in, he shouldn't have made those promises and he should have stayed out of that whole area," Hardin said. "He didn't."
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The NCAA was actively investigating the case, which included interviews with relevant parties and Florida cooperating with the investigation, according to sources. Following the ruling in the landmark Tennessee and Virginia versus NCAA lawsuit, which barred the NCAA from enforcing NIL-related compensation rules, the organization's enforcement arm backed off.
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The long and the short of it is that something like this should have cost Napier his job pre us slaying the NCAA:


Outside of NCAA-related punishments, I do think he is in legal trouble. All those Florida guys are. They completely screwed this up. No coach should have been anywhere near all of that in the early days.

I believe that the result is a mound of negative recruiting for all of Florida's rivals. It will probably cost them more high profile recruits and negative pub than if the NCAA could (would) actually do something.
 
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Orange_Crush said:
Man, a little honey or syrup on those salmon patties would have made them excellent. We were poor too. You learn to make silk purses out of salmon rears.
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Wish I had thought of that. My brother and I always used ketchup. Not much of a fan of ketchup to this day because I used it to mask so many foods I didn’t like as a kid.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Cliffnotes from the article because I'm seeing a lot of questions:

















The long and the short of it is that something like this should have cost Napier his job pre us slaying the NCAA:


Outside of NCAA-related punishments, I do think he is in legal trouble. All those Florida guys are. They completely screwed this up. No coach should have been anywhere near all of that in the early days.

I believe that the result is a mound of negative recruiting for all of Florida's rivals. It will probably cost them more high profile recruits and negative pub than if the NCAA could (would) actually do something.
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How did they think it was going to go promising a kid that much money and after him signing, being like "psych bitch, you thought"? Both from the kids perspective and the NCAA.
 
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franklinpence said:
Wish I had thought of that. My brother and I always used ketchup. Not much of a fan of ketchup to this day because I used it to mask so many foods I didn’t like as a kid.
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Oh, yah. It sounds horrible, but it's kind of like a fish pancake and (especially) honey accentuated the sweet vs the savory and it was actually quite good! get you some salmon patties and try it. (Or not. lol)
 
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BigSteve09 said:
Cliffnotes from the article because I'm seeing a lot of questions:

















The long and the short of it is that something like this should have cost Napier his job pre us slaying the NCAA:


Outside of NCAA-related punishments, I do think he is in legal trouble. All those Florida guys are. They completely screwed this up. No coach should have been anywhere near all of that in the early days.

I believe that the result is a mound of negative recruiting for all of Florida's rivals. It will probably cost them more high profile recruits and negative pub than if the NCAA could (would) actually do something.
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Perhaps most interesting is seeing the 'behind the scenes' big money folks that usually act in anonymity.
 
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BigOrange15 said:
How did they think it was going to go promising a kid that much money and after him signing, l being like "Psych bitch, you thought"? Both from the kids perspective and the NCAA.
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Assistant didn't want to lose his job

Head coach didn't want to lose signing day

Booster didn't want anyone to think he was broke

Kid and his side (agent, parent) got too greedy. Kid didn't have anyone telling him it was all wrong. The agents and dad probably didn't think the Florida side was dumb enough to screw it all up as bad as they did either.

I think the Rashada side is going to win this, or get a quick settlement at the least.
 
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SmokinBob said:
That was fascinating - I watched through 50 minutes and looked up and realized the time had passed and I was going to be late for an appointment. I’ll watch the rest tonight. He’s brilliant (Terrance Howard) - and Joe Rogan is also more scientifically knowledgable than I ever thought he would be.
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He lost me when he didn't know the difference between centripetal and centrifugal forces. And he doesn't know squat about Einstein's work. His main goal was formulate the unifying theory, all matter and energy were different forms of the same force. He most certainly did include electromagnetism in his theories.
Dude uses words most people don't understand and tries to pass himself off as something more than flake. Yeah we need to let painters and philosophers tell us about science.
 
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