College Football - Ruh Roh NCAA?

goofy · May 22, 2024, 4:50am

Of all the lawsuits that have swamped college football in the NIL era, this one might be the most embarrassing for the sport.

The complaint, which can be read in full at the bottom of this post, alleges that Hathcock, with the assistance of Napier and Castro-Walker, knowingly committed fraud in inducing Rashada, who at the time was a highly sought after recruit who had already agreed to a $9.5 million NIL deal with the University of Miami, to commit to Florida. According to the suit, the three men representing Florida promised Rashada a $13.85 million NIL that they were never going to be able to pay.

The case stems from the recruitment of Rashada in the summer of 2022. Rashada had initially pledged to attend Miami after the school promised him $9.5 million in NIL money. The lawsuit claims that Hathcock, owner of Velocity Automotive, along with Florida employees nevertheless continued in their pursuit of the highly rated prospect. The lawsuit alleges that Hathcock and Castro-Walker offered him a $13.85 million deal, with $5.35 million and a $500,000 signing bonus coming from Velocity Automotive, and the rest coming from Gator Guard, the NIL collective that Hathcock started for the university. There was also a job for Rashada’s father promised in the deal. These terms ultimately changed due to Hathcock’s plans to sell Velocity Automotive. Instead, he and Castro-Walker proposed money coming directly from Hathcock himself, as well as Florida’s other NIL collective, the Gator Collective. According to the lawsuit, the Gator Collective CEO Eddie Rojas played into this alleged fraud, texting Rashada empty promises about the deal. The deal was signed on Nov. 10, 2022 with a $500,000 payment scheduled to come on Dec. 5.

But instead of that $500,000, the Gator Collective sent Rashada a termination letter for the $13.85 million deal.

pvn · May 22, 2024, 10:22am

man I post in the wrong thread a lot, am I a boomer?

BriansHat · May 22, 2024, 11:58am

The entire landscape of college sports is about to change in the next week or two. The NCAA continues to lose every case against them. The latest suit is for back damages due to restricting compensation to athletes. The resulting settlement is going to cost the NCAA and D1 schools Billions of dollars. Part of the settlement is also going to be the elimination of scholarship limits for sports. These will be changed to roster limits going forward, but the NCAA will not be allowed to restrict the compensation to any rostered athlete. This means the walk-on is dead.

And while we’re at it, the non-FBS schools are pretty pissed off at the NCAA and power conferences for forcing them to pay a larger share of the settlement than what would be fair if broken down by what former athletes are actually going to benefit from this settlement. So get ready for some fun in fighting too!

pvn · June 11, 2024, 7:56pm

ro ti

hammypotter · August 4, 2024, 5:59pm

https://x.com/danmurphyespn/status/1820129452182933863?s=46&t=45vgHoZvsEXz2aWNi8tmcw

CaffeineNeeded · August 4, 2024, 11:23pm

https://x.com/trentejones01/status/1820230347834920999?s=46&t=N0_fcOKIYYmlCS2e4YShsQ

The ncaa constantly leaking to Thiel against their bylaws while entire cases come to a resolution without us knowing is just great for their organization.

BriansHat · August 4, 2024, 11:37pm

I actually didn’t think the NCAA had the authority to issue penalties anymore. According to every court case they continue to lose, they don’t actually have legal authority to do anything. Laughable organization that continues to exist only at the whim of the power schools.

riverman · August 4, 2024, 11:48pm

Hahahahahahaha lolololololol ncaa

CaffeineNeeded · August 5, 2024, 3:00am

The real lol are the osu and msu fans.

Danspartan · August 5, 2024, 12:46pm

Hey now. Get your coconut fixed before taking shots.

hammypotter · August 5, 2024, 2:29pm

Disappointing that Michigan had to sink to such depths to compete. I think it’s more a Harbaugh thing than an institution wide disregard of the rules, so hopefully the ncaa won’t punish them too harshly. I do feel bad that Moore seemingly got left holding the bag.

CaffeineNeeded · August 5, 2024, 5:35pm

Nobody falling for that bait

Danspartan · August 7, 2024, 1:29am

https://x.com/msucontent/status/1820526892740649009?s=46

CaffeineNeeded · August 7, 2024, 1:46am

Damn dog in 2015 I wasn’t even a doctor.

Danspartan · August 7, 2024, 2:21am

Hey, he brought it up, not me.

riverman · August 7, 2024, 8:29pm

Haha you will take us seriously dammit!

MrWookie · September 21, 2024, 12:08am

@commonWealth we are now rivals! Block S vs block S, color vs. color. California vs upstate NY, just a God and the almighty dollar intended.

commonWealth · September 21, 2024, 12:11am

Super weird. I’ve always rooted for Stanford in the past against the old Pac-12 powerhouses, and I’m glad the ACC saved them even though it’s odd.

Danspartan · September 21, 2024, 1:21am

Entertaining game so far. Mrs masters from Syracuse. Great drive at end of half after giving up the big sack on first down. Came back and moved the pocket around that bought time and the QB made good throws until the burner lost his DB for the bomb TD.

MrWookie · September 21, 2024, 3:16am

Woooo! Stanford oddly seems to have a real team this year for the first time in about 6 years?