NCAA Investigating UF recruitment of Rashada

[g8rfan]

Pretty cool, right?

www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39345170/ncaa-investigating-gators-jaden-rashada-recruitment

[wahhappen]

Nothing to worry about. Everyone knows he didn’t stay because he wasn’t a true Gator.

[g8rfan]

I also heard he is a subpar blocker.

[gatordoll]

NCAA cracking down on using NIL as recruiting inducements? Then what exactly is the purpose of NIL?

[tapsgator]

We can't even make fun of FSU for breaking rules when there are no rules. I'm assuming that they got the guy involved and didn't fraudulently induce a minor into agreeing to an offer that they turned around and refused to honor. We broke rules when there are no rules and then didn't get the kid because he had the audacity to believe the Gator Collective when they outbid Miami (who might have been using real money, the fools). Also, by according to Cajun Willie's dictionary this is one of those rare actual losses of a kid, but it was probably whereas the process and evaluating.

[tapsgator]

This is going to sound bad but at this point I don't care, I hope it turns out that the Dynamic Delta Duo were up to their necks in the bait and switch that the Gators pulled on Rashada. Then you can fire them both for cause. It's the Jeremy Pruitt treatmentx2. No buyout. Go get a decent AD and a real football coach and we'll be back in business.

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www.saturdaydownsouth.com/florida-football/florida-makes-personnel-move-in-wake-of-jaden-rashada-nil-investigation-per-report/

Nothing to see here.

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"Castro-Walker was hired among Billy Napier’s “army” of assistants and personnel and had the first of its kind title in college football as NIL director, as well as the team’s director of player engagement."



Two words:

FOR CAUSE

[g8rfan]

I saw that story yesterday. The guy was Nebraska’s director of player development for one year before we hired him. Solid hire right there.

[Mojave Gator]

Tennessee has filed suit against the NCAA regarding an investigation into NIL there. People who have seen their filing have said that the NCAA will lose the suit. Virginia is rumored to be signing on, and Florida may as well. A copy of the suit was sent to the Virginia AG, and the athletic department at UVa.

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"Because it would require a huge leap of faith to pretend that Castro-Walker operated as a rouge agent who caught Florida by surprise. Go back to the report from The Athletic, Florida higher-ups, including Scott Stircklin, were working with Castro-Walker during the Rashada deal."

hailfloridahail.com/posts/marcus-castro-walker-becomes-the-fall-guy-for-florida-football-in-jaden-rashada-saga-01hnjxj907dn

This really isn't okay, but it's the same Athletic Department and Director that buried the Cam Newbauer allegations for years and extended him before the reports came out when he said "I never would have extended him had I known.....":

www.alligator.org/article/2021/11/emails-show-stricklin-acknowledged-newbauer-abuse

This one is not hilarious even with my new perspective. Stricklin appears not only to be bad at his job, but he also looks like a bad human being.

[tapsgator]

With regard to the suit, I think a lot of people are confused and unintentionally talking out of both sides of their mouth. I've heard a lot of people say "hopefully the lawsuit will help get the NIL situation regulated." That's the opposite of the intent of the lawsuit. Tennessee and Virginia are basically saying "the NCAA cannot regulate us," so they're not trying to bring law to the Wild West they're killing the goofy sheriff with the toy gun.

www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/judge-sides-with-ncaa-denies-state-of-tennessees-temporary-restraining-order-request-in-nil-lawsuit/#:~:text=A%20federal%20judge%20denied%20a,filed%20a%20federal%20antitrust%20lawsuit.

The NCAA won round one which is remarkable given that they regularly lose, but they are going to lose ultimately because you have 18-22 year olds working at least 60 hours per week and generating this type of money in exchange for college tuition and dorm-room housing plus per diem on road trips:

www.businessinsider.com/college-sports-revenue-ncaa-ohio-state-buckeyes-texas-football-2024-1#12-university-of-florida-12

But ultimately the NCAA will lose because:

Though Judge Clifton L. Corker's decision provides an early victory for the NCAA, his comments may paint a bleaker picture for the organization's long term standing in the legal battle. Corker said he believed the states' case will "likely" succeed based on federal antitrust statutes, going as far as to say current NIL regulations "likely foster economic exploitation of student-athletes."

Outside of that, I'm not sure this really benefits Florida on any tangible level because the big difference is that Tennessee and Virginia and FSU all probably got their guy because they had lined up the money (although representatives from the schools were overly involved, I'm assuming the fall guys all get well compensated in exchange for a NDA). Starkville Scotty (and probably his buddy from the bayou) were up to their neck in this. They arranged the funds, then the booster (probably the weird looking tanning bed guy) got buyer's remorse after watching year one of Cajun Willie's football extravaganza and said "I ain't paying for this." You can't argue that the NCAA is violating a kid's rights when you promised to pay a kid, got him to flip and then said "just kidding." That's worse than the NCAA. However, as they've proven repeatedly, the DDD and their minions are not afraid to make a completely bassackwards argument because they are stupid and they think everybody else is even stupider.

[gatordoll]

I'm no legal expert but to me this looks like it could be the end of the NCAA. What exactly do we need them for anyway? Why can't college sports exist without them? I am ignorant.

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Feb 8, 2024 3:04:54 GMT -5 gatordoll said:

I'm no legal expert but to me this looks like it could be the end of the NCAA. What exactly do we need them for anyway? Why can't college sports exist without them? I am ignorant.

The NCAA is kind of a necessary evil when it comes to the other sports and they should serve a purpose for football as well. At it's core a regulating body for the 300+ member colleges is a good and probably integral idea. The problem that kicks in with football is that it is a billion dollar industry driven almost exclusively by the top 50-60 teams that play in Power 5 conferences and now with realignment well over 50% is going to come from the top 2. That shouldn't be a deal breaker for the NCAA, but it is because they have gotten so used to exploiting the kids that they can't fathom actual compromise so that's how we got here. The NCAA got comfortable being the 800 lbs. gorilla. They're not that anymore in football. The SEC is the Alpha and the B1G is the Beta and the NCAA is toothless. I don't know what is keeping them from accepting that reality and trying to find a path forward, but if you don't have an anti-trust exemption and you're going to court trying on some level to deprive 18-22 year olds of a free market after having made BILLIONS of dollars of those same kids you're probably going to keep losing.

[wahhappen]

Seeing all of this play out has reminded me of where we were a year ago, and it has got me thinking about our recruiting success under Napier. It seems the narrative last year was that Napier was hitting the recruiting trail hard and trying to undo the damage Mullen did. The problem was that he was hamstrung by the lack of financial support -- he didn't have the money to go get the top recruits. Napier came in with a reputation of being a great recruiter, but why? What has he done to prove he is a great recruiter? Are there any results to back that up other than Stricklin trusts that he is?

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Feb 9, 2024 14:17:20 GMT -5 wahhappen said:

Seeing all of this play out has reminded me of where we were a year ago, and it has got me thinking about our recruiting success under Napier. It seems the narrative last year was that Napier was hitting the recruiting trail hard and trying to undo the damage Mullen did. The problem was that he was hamstrung by the lack of financial support -- he didn't have the money to go get the top recruits. Napier came in with a reputation of being a great recruiter, but why? What has he done to prove he is a great recruiter? Are there any results to back that up other than Stricklin trusts that he is?

He can't recruit. It's pretty clear. I guess he was okay as one of Saban's analysts and then position coach when he was as far away from actual game planning and play calling as possible. Also Torrence and Montrell Johnson were great gets at Louisiana but that was more LSU missing than Napier winning a battle. Per 24/7

Napier

2024- 14/8 in sec
23- 13/5
22- 18/8

Mullen
21- 12/5
20- 9/6
19- 9/5
18- 14/4

McGoober

17- 11/5
16- 12/6
15- 21/10

Muschamp:

14- 9/7
13- 3/2
12- 3/2
11- 11/5

Mullen was let go because he didn't like recruiting. McGoober is just a clown. They're both better than Cajun Willie. It is hard to be this bad at UF. It's almost as hard to break NIL rules when there are no NIL rules, but the stupid is strong at the UAA currently.

I don't know how or why the bars dropped for the head coach and AD at UF, but they clearly did, and until we have some semblance of a standard the football program will never be taken seriously again.