Josh Pate On Jaden Rashada Suing Billy Napier (Late Kick Cut) 

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As a Dawg fan, I dont know if Rashada is worth having on our team.

So on the opposite side, boosters can sue players for not honoring their NIL deal by opting out of games? Love it

The prospect of a school suing a player for transferring, and not honoring his NIL deal is a game changer. Fascinating scenario.

UF found our Rashada camp lied about what he was receiving from Miami. Rashada claimed 9.2 M but in reality it was substantially less. UF found out and killed the offer. The offer was wrote that both parties could cancel the deal at anytime

Hard to feel bad for the kid he had guaranteed money that he turned down trying to chase a couple extra dollars.

Who would have guessed that NIL would become a big charade and conundrum in college football? No one in the NCAA could have predicted this, could they?

Booster is a car dealer. Raise your hand if you have been lied to by a car dealer.

NIL as a system is broken. None of these kids are worth seven figures in college. The portal is also a joke. There is zero accountability on the players being forced to man up to their decisions. First Tanager, sure that may have been just a mistake. Second and beyond? No. That's why contracts exist. Florida should drop the hammer on this as it can't be proven and also seek the plaintiff to pay all attorneys fees.

a head coach can not make deals/contracts with student athletes and third party...The deal was with player and NIL booster, not Coach Napier...case will get thrown out

I'd rather watch less talented people who would be happy to receive free education and play for a shot at the pros, just grateful for the opportunity, than these overpaid children

All this because they couldn’t help themselves in trying to stick it another Florida team. Even before NIL, recruiting really does sometimes end up being more about pettiness and spite than actual sense.

Weird since the knock against Napier originally was that he refused to be involved since it was against the rules. We'll see.

This is a contract law case. There wasn’t a written agreement between the player and the school so it’s his word against the school’s. It’s a “he said/she said”. Although an oral contract between two parties is enforceable, it is only enforceable when both sides agree on the deal points of the agreement and there is no dispute. Obviously, both sides of this case aren’t in agreement on the details. As such, this case won’t ever see the inside of a courtroom. So, why would the player file a lawsuit? Well, an attorney has convinced the family to file in hopes of getting a financial settlement by embarrassing the Coach, the school’s athletic association and negatively affecting recruiting. the attorney will take the case at no cost to the client for a % of the settlement ranging from 30-50%. So, this is why a lawsuit was filed, the truth be damned.

This is a money grab by and player and his father who see’s a career going in a direction they did not expect. Petty AF and a terrible look. They can’t PROVE anything.

The game inside the game is overshadowing the game itself now. I’ll miss the classic days at UF with Lunkquist and it being about the sec grind games coming down to defense. Nothing was more exciting than those games being within a score late in the 4th standing on your feet the whole game losing your voice.

Really enjoyed your analysis and commentary on this.

Yea Rashada bailed in an NIL deal at ASU to go to UGA.

Coach did nothing wrong. He deserves an extension. Go Dawgs

This is why we need collective bargaining and set price points. Starting QB at a Big 10 school? You get, say, 400 grand. Second-string OL at an ACC school? You get 50 grand. And eliminate these "collectives". If Big Jim's Trucks in Evanston wants to pay every starting Northwestern OL 100 grand and run an advertising campaign around the theme of "My trucks are as tough and reliable as these linemen," that's fine. If Carson Beck gets paid 10 grand to sign autographs for 4 hours, that's fine. If Miller Moss at USC gets a cut of the money from the jersey sales of his jersey, that's great. That's what NIL is FOR. But having these slimy "collectives" essentially buying players is crazy.

“Get it all out in the open.” Amen Josh. Then we can see the absolute shitshow the “pay the players” advocates made.

Goog thing this Kid never talked to a military recruiter....

This is why coaches are only talking football to recruits. There's now branches of the school that deal directly with NIL

Players suing coaches, yet I wasn't allowed to have an alumni buy me dinner without being scrutinized by our compliance officer in 2013. My how things have changed

I'm just trying to give a little more context to the story as I’m a little surprised someone like Josh hasn’t read into this more before talking about it. The lawsuit states that Billy, Hugh, and the staffer all knowingly and together colluded to have Rashada sign and to lose out on his Miami deal. At the time, Florida didn’t have a QB commit in the recruiting class, so I believe that Billy and co wanted this kid on the team. Billy and co also forwarded $150K to Rashada to help him “get out” of his contract with Miami. Also, the contract Florida offered apparently had a clause where it could be terminated at any time. The whole situation is ludicrous and it’s shady how it came out at a time when Florida was picking up momentum in the transfer portal and recruiting. Kirby is definitely just wanting to cast a negative light on a rival, just like how he reported the incident with Mims. Kirby promotes a fast and furious culture and has had a staffer and player die because of it, but that was swept under the rug.

College football is dumb now.

Sounds like dude tried to play the system and got played.. without even playing. Fascinating

Gee..... who ever could have possibly predicted that paying kids who are supposed to be AMATEUR, STUDENT - ATHLETES would bring along with it moronic and greedy crap like this? It's almost as if remaining AMATEUR, STUDENT - ATHLETES could have helped avoid this. This was all avoidable.

Just came here to see the “adults” adulting, and you guys never disappoint. The only thing that surprises me, is how most of y’all walk, without falling more.

Kirby gave his blessing as a statement don't make promises you can't keep and if you can't afford the price shop cheaper but there dose need to be guid lines and rules with the NIL thing

Am I understanding something wrong, the highest NIL deals currently around 5 million, but yet thia guy was promised 2 to 2 1/2 times the top guy right now, something seems off to me, maybe I am wrong

This kid is not worth 500k, I refuse to believe anyone ever offered him 14mil.

Breaking a nil contract is, by definition, “breach of contract.”

This is the best time for this story to come out. The general public does not care about an athlete not getting paid $13 million to play college football. The people that care, like us and HS recruits have time to pay attention right now. Secondly, this is the time when HS recruits make their OV’s to their prospective Universities. Florida does not want their HS recruits asking about this lawsuit!

The lawsuit was in motion long before he ever even considered UGA. And verbal agreements in FL are a thing legally, so there’s no contract needed for proof!

The issue is Rashada signed a contract NIL deal with John Ruiz, once a contract is signed no outside party can interfere with the execution of the contract it’s called tortious interference and is illegal and grounds for a lawsuit.

They have ruined CFB. And for Kirby to give it his blessing is sad. Liked him till now

He’s not wrong, schools could sue for a kid skipping town early. Honestly, we just need contracts.

You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

My question is I don’t think anyone “promised anything “maybe “said “ but not “promised “

If the players do start being paid by the universities and/or conferences the likelihood of schools suing student athletes who flee a commitment goes up. Rashada's lawsuit might backfire for the student athletes as well because those giving the NIL packages might sue fleeing college athletes

Oh no, he was promised something and didn't get it. Welcome to the real world kid. Enjoy paying all of the attorney's fees once you lose.

Hmmmm Nick Saban told everyone what was going to happen…..

Moral is grass and money isn’t always greener

Here's what happens next. A few teams with the wealthiest and most willing boosters (i.e. Phil Knight) buy the team they want leaving all the others unable to compete. No more wild games like the Kentucky upset of LSU in 2007. Boring, boring, boring so TV is pi$$ed that audience has drastically shrunk and tells the conferences no more lucrative TV contracts. Conferences rush to Congress who finally acts but not before chaos has ensued. Congress always waits too long to act.

You’re right, when will schools start suing players for taking money up front only to transfer to another school?

FYI, oral agreements are enforceable in court. But you hit the nail on the head, can you prove it. I'm thinking that their are probably text messages and emails to prove the agreement. If you do file a lawsuit you can expect a counterclaim.

Timing is perfect, the last thing they want is a major ruling around bowl season, or the start of 2025.

Saw this crap coming back in 2019/2020. Every one spent years trashing the NCAA about everything under the sun…and now all those same people are hoping the NCAA can swoop in and save the sport. NIL and the transfer portal need to stay but there needs to be control/over-site and standard rules in place to prevent this mess that is now CFB. Until there is control this mess we have been seeing the last three years will continue and probably get worse not better.

Rashada claims Napier never intended to pay him? C'mon, now. If you follow Florida, you know how highly people talk about Billy Napier's character. Boosters love him, players love him, administration, parents, fans, media, everyone loves Billy Napier. You hear things like, "He's so genuine, he is heartfelt, you can tell he really cares, he is such a great person, ect." Right? That's what we keep hearing about Napier. So, I just want to ask Rashada, "You're telling me _that_ guy, who everyone loves and says is genuine and honest, that guy colluded to dupe you out of money?" C'mon, now. You're talking about proving _intent._ That is hard enough on its own. But proving it about Napier, that he intended to do something like that? Yeah, good luck. Even if it is true; even if the intent was there to trick Rashada, there's _no way_ he's going to prove that! I think Josh is totally right. The confusion and fog of war got to some folks. If Napier promised Rashada $13m+, Napier truly thought he could get it because he couldn't see through the fog.

I doubt Kirby gave the lawsuit “his blessing”. The Rashadas gave him a heads up and Kirby asked some questions and accepted it. Doubt he preferred it.

Unfortunately, NIL and the transfer portal have transformed college football into an unrecognizable circus.

No wonder Saban left! He seen it coming!

It is good to learn the NIL contracts can be attached to multi-year requirements. If so, the athletes should be held accountable. I would guess the Universities don't get involved, it would be the Collectives and agents, yes? If so, wouldn't it be the Collectives who sue both athletes & agents for breaking the contract, not the Universities?

My question is: What did he get to go to ASU and UGA?

Paid employees which the players are considered then signed NLI should be considered a contract

Certainly is enough greed to go around these days.

He really doesn’t evidence to prove much of anything. He needs enough evidence to show that laws MAY have been broken. Then he just needs to convince a jury the things he alleged happened more likely than not. You really don’t think they don’t have something that significantly backs up his case? The circumstantial evidence alone is bad for UF.

Get rid of the NIL and the transfer portal. If they care about college football they should remove both of these problems!

I live auction of the players would be even more exciting lol line them up a few showcase throws and let the bidding begin omg what is it coming to now??? Where does it go or end?

Hey yo why don't you all put out some prayers for that Auburn player who's still trying to recover in the hospital right now he was shot in the head and on life support at this moment and another Auburn player is deceased at this time there was a gun battle here in Auburn and they got involved

Dabo not looking so dumb now

There are people here writing lengthy copium-filled responses about the contract, when in reality, that's not what Billy and the others are being sued for. Hilarious!

Recreation it was in Florida Josh battles is struggling for his life at this moment his brother is deceased due to the actions that have happened so y'all just reach out and hope he has a recovery

There’s no way these nil deals don’t get to a place where they don’t get tied to actually staying time and actual game play. As a Florida fan, I would be okay if they move to settle outside of court. That can do more to help our brand than winning the lawsuit. I also wouldn’t recommend teams offering players money, 13mil, before they play a snap and get on campus to see how they impact the team…and their commitment to the whole process. Tell the guys you’ll get it to them along their seasons. But not beforehand. Also I’m not gonna say the guy isn’t talented. But, he has to establish yourself somewhere. He’s officially been at 3 schools already. You have to post at some point. And if you can ball all this stuff is irrelevant.

Sounds like he committed to one team, another team offered more money and later changed their mind but not before the kid burned bridges on the originally committed school.

Who wants a sue happy teenager

Lol Kirby be like "So you wanna sue Billy Napier? How would you like to be an honorary QB??"

Seems to me this is simply an 'offer' ? --- Might have been an effort to undermine the Miami success in recruiting ? But - like you said - 'can you prove it' ? (( what a mess))

Fire Scott Strickland already

this is all about a settlement !

Welcome parents and student athletes, it’s time to play Let’s Make A Deal. Would you trade your funk for this?

The only people who don’t like NIL and the Portal are the schools who don’t have the ability to benefit from it. It’s the future, bye bye to your 20K alumni base team

Marvin Harrison Jr. is being sued by Fanatics based on an NIL deal he signed with them while at Ohio State. Foolish people are thinking that NIL deals are going to benefit players specifically how players want to be paid or benefitted and there should never be any accountability taken by the players.

He should sue. He did right by not taking the word of the coach after a promise/guarantee was already broken. It affected his money and recruitment and he deserves compensation for essentially fruad

Wow now they can fire him without paying him

$9 million, $13 Million? How are these schools so dumb. Who would drop that kind of money on a kid who could end up being a total bust?

been saying for a while I dont think it is fair to the college to give these kids an NIL deal for them just to walk away to the portal...IMO short of a complete rework of the system players should get 1 or the other... you can sign an NIL contract....OR you can portal jump....so if you sign an NIL contract you shouldn't be able to portal jump...

Proof or not looks real bad on Napier and crew. I'm not sad about that because he is greezy! And you know he did it.

What if, the whole thing was a bluff to get him to de commit from a rival school, “we done want you but we don’t want them to have you either”

I'm guessing the 'blessing' was more along the lines of 'do what you gotta do, just be prepared to compete'. NIL as a system is broken. Not sure anyone with a greater than room temperature IQ would argue against that.

I'd be shocked if Kirby really gave that his blessing. Not only is it just not like him but if successful he's opening the door for himself to get sued by a former disgruntled player in the future.

What's gonna happen when players realize if they refuse to play in the playoffs unless they get millions?

Nil is out of control and some of these teams are desperate to turn around their program. All it takes is an extremely desperate coach or program to way overpay for a QB and then the market is set and it screws over every college football program. Set a Max that can be paid and a minimum that can be paid so even the less important position at least gets something so nobody feels left out. That way with everyone getting something it doesn't cause jealousy in locker rooms. We really need limits set so all of the college football programs have a standard to go by before these amounts get even more out of control and it really destroys some of the college football programs we love.

They do have text messages from assistant coach and booster. According to laws suit. They’ll settle out of court.

Lol imagine walking on 9mil from Miami only to be a backup at Arizona and then ride the bench at UGA 😂

Wasn't Napier brought in to Florida to avoid headlines, elite recruiting & team discipline??? If I'm a Florida fan, I'd rather have Mullen than Napier. Everyone in CFB speak exceptionally high of his character but he just seems to be having the roughest go at it than ALL of the other coaches they fired (Muschamp, MacElwain, Mullen). All three of those coaches had a better start to their careers there @ Florida. What's MORE likely? Napier WILDY changes things around in year 3??? OR Things continue in the same trajectory of the last 2 years & they're sub .500 You can't do that at a program like Florida. It's not Kentucky or South Carolina. You're expected to be a top 8 program down there & it's NO WHERE close to that now.

He got a whole contract everyone signed so bro bout to get paid

No way ANY high school player is worth that much! This will turn the casual watcher off and will hurt viewership imho I’m sure not looking forward to college football after all of this it just reeks. No problem with kids getting paid but let them earn it first first maybe their junior and senior year they can make the bucks but earn it first

this NIL and transfer portal stuff needs to be cleaned up

Yeah…if college football doesn’t get a “handle” on NIL then College football is effed! 😮

If you rely on a promise from a coach of money, who you know is not the one is going to be putting up them money himself, then you get what you deserve, because that was careless.

who decided that children could destroy the game we love . im done . god bless to everyone

Two sides to every story... Go Gators

Jaden Rashada will never play a snap for Georgia.

9million? Man, I don’t want to ever hear anyone say that Miami doesn’t have the money. Shitttttt!! Miami’s got the money!

For a sport with so many rules how is it that college football became mired in a situation (NIL and Portal) with no over-arching rules and no effective governance? How? Money, that's how. As soon as we decided that a free college education (at a time when college education is becoming unaffordable for the non-athlete) with free room and board and with the other special advantages that college athletes enjoy (tutoring, mentoring, state of the art conditioning facilities, etc.) are insufficient reward for the college athlete, we started down the path of no return toward the NFL model and the end of amateur athletics.

I think Florida is behind this. If the coach mishandled this. Florida dumps the coach and doesn't have to pay the coach.

Makes you wonder if Kirby recruited this kid to wage a legal proxy war on UF. He wasnnt even starting material at ASU

If CFB is setting themselves up to be the NFL's minor league so to speak, then why not make contracts legal and binding.