Come on guys, stop dogging the guy for accepting a $13M offer. Literally 100% of all of you would have taken that deal. Let's just be real here. I would've not only taken $13M, I would've taken $1.3M, lol.
Now I agree I'd rather we spend NIL on Oline and he likely won't come to Cal, but there's no need to cast moral judgments on him.
Good luck to him and I hope he gets his money! I also hope NIL gets restructured to be more fair for all players e.g., maybe there are caps so money gets distributed to more players. But anyway, good for him. Hope he gets paid, good luck to him whereever he goes and if he were to come to Cal I'd be rooting for him... although to be honest, I'm pretty stoked on SamJack.
Best wishes to the young man to get whatever money he can, whenever and wherever he can. I take a pass at Cal. In the new era, we still need players who have some affection for Cal and see their main payday in the NFL if they are so good. I still wish there was more writing about the NIL money different schools have. What does Cal have? What does SC have? How do they all compare? All I see is speculation.
I have sincere doubts about whether Rashada would ever attend CAL. After his hunt for NIL $$ and the commitment to Miami, which he pulled and then signing with Florida, it's pretty clear he wants two things: to play for a good or up and coming team, and as much NIL money as he can get. At this point whether it's him or bad advisors, you can't trust him to be a team guy to help build a program. He's going to jump whenever he thinks he can do better somewhere else. Even the NFL doesn't allow guys to move every year for more money. I say let him be someone else's problem. He hasn't even proven he can play at the P5 level yet.
I feel like he's looking at Cal because none of the big players want to touch him right now, he's a bit radioactive. If he's actually looking at Cal/UW/ASU/CU -- none being schools known for their NIL -- he's probably looking for a place where he can break out and reset his market in a year or two.
I thought I was reading about an NFl transaction here...it’s troubling to me that his main focus is on $$&/NIL and highest bidder for his school and not academic/playing time. Granted I can’t honestly believe that CFB was “clean” and now NILs make booster money of the past, more legitimate
It's actually not anything to worry about. He ain't coming to Cal, and who would want a guy where it's all about the money, anyway. NIL should be limited to $500 per month per athlete. That's enough to pay for a bunch of pizzas when the team mess hall is closed on Sundays.
The whole.collective thing needs to be shut down now. It's a pay to play system not an opportunity to make money via their NIL. If unchecked, it will wreck probably 1/2 (at least) of D1 FBS. Unless you want college football to be an SEC/B1G super league, don't support this madness.
I love college football but I am almost to the point where I think the universities should shut it all down. Without the branding of the schools this is nothing but a junior league that would not survive. Everybody is hyper focused on how the schools use the kids and forget that they are also using the schools.
The young man has lost sight of what college football is all about: It is not the best NIL deal that matters, but where he wants to graduate from to secure this future with future job interviews for real employment.
Come on guys, stop dogging the guy for accepting a $13M offer. Literally 100% of all of you would have taken that deal. Let's just be real here. I would've not only taken $13M, I would've taken $1.3M, lol.
Now I agree I'd rather we spend NIL on Oline and he likely won't come to Cal, but there's no need to cast moral judgments on him.
Good luck to him and I hope he gets his money! I also hope NIL gets restructured to be more fair for all players e.g., maybe there are caps so money gets distributed to more players. But anyway, good for him. Hope he gets paid, good luck to him whereever he goes and if he were to come to Cal I'd be rooting for him... although to be honest, I'm pretty stoked on SamJack.
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Best wishes to the young man to get whatever money he can, whenever and wherever he can. I take a pass at Cal. In the new era, we still need players who have some affection for Cal and see their main payday in the NFL if they are so good. I still wish there was more writing about the NIL money different schools have. What does Cal have? What does SC have? How do they all compare? All I see is speculation.
I would take him in a heart beat, even if it was just one year.
We don't want him and his whole mess. It's not worth it, the Collective $$$ should be going to OLine and DLine until the season starts.
Based in the FLA deal, he sounds like a mercenary and will go to the highest bidder.
I don't think we have a snowball's chance....
I have sincere doubts about whether Rashada would ever attend CAL. After his hunt for NIL $$ and the commitment to Miami, which he pulled and then signing with Florida, it's pretty clear he wants two things: to play for a good or up and coming team, and as much NIL money as he can get. At this point whether it's him or bad advisors, you can't trust him to be a team guy to help build a program. He's going to jump whenever he thinks he can do better somewhere else. Even the NFL doesn't allow guys to move every year for more money. I say let him be someone else's problem. He hasn't even proven he can play at the P5 level yet.
I feel like he's looking at Cal because none of the big players want to touch him right now, he's a bit radioactive. If he's actually looking at Cal/UW/ASU/CU -- none being schools known for their NIL -- he's probably looking for a place where he can break out and reset his market in a year or two.
I thought I was reading about an NFl transaction here...it’s troubling to me that his main focus is on $$&/NIL and highest bidder for his school and not academic/playing time. Granted I can’t honestly believe that CFB was “clean” and now NILs make booster money of the past, more legitimate
It's actually not anything to worry about. He ain't coming to Cal, and who would want a guy where it's all about the money, anyway. NIL should be limited to $500 per month per athlete. That's enough to pay for a bunch of pizzas when the team mess hall is closed on Sundays.
The UF-related collective mentioned here: https://gatorcollective.com/
A Cal-related collective: https://calegends.com/
Why u gotta get my hopes up
The whole.collective thing needs to be shut down now. It's a pay to play system not an opportunity to make money via their NIL. If unchecked, it will wreck probably 1/2 (at least) of D1 FBS. Unless you want college football to be an SEC/B1G super league, don't support this madness.
I love college football but I am almost to the point where I think the universities should shut it all down. Without the branding of the schools this is nothing but a junior league that would not survive. Everybody is hyper focused on how the schools use the kids and forget that they are also using the schools.
The young man has lost sight of what college football is all about: It is not the best NIL deal that matters, but where he wants to graduate from to secure this future with future job interviews for real employment.
He's officially free from his Florida NLI now.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35490106/source-gators-release-23-qb-recruit-jaden-rashada-nli
Hard pass.