UF does not expect NCAA probe over Rashada divided

GAINESVILLE, Fla.– Florida coach Billy Napier supplied little insight Wednesday into how and why the Gators lost four-star quarterback Jaden Rashada, however said he doesn’t expect it to trigger an NCAA investigation.Napier avoided several

questions about Rashada, who signed with Florida in December just to be given his release a month later following an unsuccessful name, image and likeness offer worth more than$13 million. Napier repeatedly stated NCAA guidelines prohibited him from supplying details.”I want we could enter into the specifics, but we’re not enabled to,”Napier said.”I think the reality is the current structure of NIL with third parties being involved, with agents being involved, with marketing agents, with lawyers, with collectives, [is] very fluid, and I believe a really special dynamic.”Rashada, who threw for 5,275 backyards

and 59 touchdowns at Pittsburg(Calif.) High last season, was approved his release on Jan. 20 and revealed on social media Wednesday that he’s devoted to his dad’s alma mater, Arizona State.Rashada bailed on Florida after the Gator Collective– an independent fundraising group that’s loosely tied to the university and pays student-athletes for use of their name, image and similarity– failed to honor a multiyear deal that was signed by both sides.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated The bombshell came a bit more than 2 months after Rashada changed his verbal commitment from Miami to Florida. Rashada, his representatives and the Gator Collective had actually presumably consented to terms on the rewarding deal at the time of his flip.Rashada declined to register with other signees days after playing in a Jan. 3 all-star game in close-by Orlando. The 19-year-old ultimately returned to the West Coast and began looking at other schools.It’s

uncertain when Napier recognized the deal was falling apart or how much he even learnt about the NIL deal. NCAA rules forbid coaches from being involved in striking NIL handle present players or potential ones.

“I think you invest your whole life, your whole profession trying to establish who you are and how you operate,”Napier said. “I think, eventually, I can lay my head down in the evening based off of that. … Eventually, the good thing here is I have a great deal of self-confidence with our leadership, strategy that we’re releasing, how it’s benefitting our group– the group of players we have on our team. I believe we’re going about it the right way. “Napier also expressed aggravation with the method NIL deals and the recruiting portal have actually dramatically changed the landscape of college football.”I think every college football coach would tell you they’re frustrated,” Napier stated. “We’re living in a fluid dynamic. There

‘s a great deal of good ideas about NIL, however I believe the combination of the NIL and the portal produces a vibrant.” We’re all mindful

of the concerns and the criteria we’re completing in at this point. I believe as time goes, the market will settle down.” Rashada is the fifth scholarship quarterback to leave Florida because Napier’s arrival, following Anthony Richardson (NFL draft), backup Jalen Kitna

(dismissed following his arrest on kid porn charges), Emory Jones (transferred to Arizona State)and Carlos Del Rio-Wilson( transferred to

Syracuse ). The Gators have 3 quarterbacks on scholarship: Wisconsin transfer and predicted starter Graham Mertz, Jack Miller and Max Brown. Napier said he will remain in the marketplace for another transfer this spring.