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tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone focuses in on the story of jaden rashada from pittsburg high and the lawsuit that could be the first of its kind. >> jaden rashada, a former quarterback at pittsburg high school, is making headlines suing florida gators head football coach billy napier, a university of florida booster and others for fraud. it involves a name, image, likeness or nil deal with promised money that rashada, who played at asu last year, says he never received the entire area of nil is one big, hazy mess right now. >> there really are no enforceable rules right now. >> mike levinson is a bay area lawyer familiar with these nil deals. he's not only well versed with rashad's case, but the major issue right now with the ncaa. imagine right now if the nfl had had free agency for every single player, every single year, and there was no salary cap. >> and not only that, but it was essentially the fans who were bidding to pay these athletes as much money as they can possibly raise. >> court documents filed tuesday talk about rashad's initial plan to go to the university of
tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone focuses in on the story of jaden rashada from pittsburg high and the lawsuit that could be the first of its kind. >> jaden rashada, a former quarterback at pittsburg high school, is making headlines suing florida gators head football coach billy napier, a university of florida booster and others for fraud. it involves a name, image, likeness or nil deal with promised money that rashada, who played at asu last year, says he never received the...
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tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone focuses in on the story of jaden rashada from pittsburg high and the lawsuit that could be the first of its kind. >> jaden rashada, a former quarterback at pittsburg high school, is making headlines suing florida gators head football coach billy napier, a university of florida booster and others for fraud. it involves a name, image, likeness or nil deal with promised money that rashada, who played at asu last year, says he never received the entire area of nil is one big, hazy mess right now. >> there really are no enforceable rules right now. >> mike levinson is a bay area lawyer familiar with these nil deals. he's not only well versed with rashad's case, but the major issue right now with the ncaa. imagine right now if the nfl had had free agency for every single player, every single year, and there was no salary cap. >> and not only that, but it was essentially the fans who were bidding to pay these athletes as much money as they can possibly raise. >> court documents filed tuesday talk about rashad's initial plan to go to the university of
tonight, abc seven news reporter j.r stone focuses in on the story of jaden rashada from pittsburg high and the lawsuit that could be the first of its kind. >> jaden rashada, a former quarterback at pittsburg high school, is making headlines suing florida gators head football coach billy napier, a university of florida booster and others for fraud. it involves a name, image, likeness or nil deal with promised money that rashada, who played at asu last year, says he never received the...
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jaden rashada was one of the top recruits coming out of high school. he said he was promised nearly $14 million to play for the florida gators, and then never got paid. right now universities are not allowed to make direct payments to college athletes. the lawsuit claims florida's coach coordinated with a wealthy supporter of the program to offer rashada an outside endorsement deal with no intentions of paying. >>> and hey straight ahead in sports, well, it's officially the new nfl season, and it is open for business and it is only may. the 49ers, yeah, their practice field was full. you can see that. players a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet! switch to comcast business and get started for $
jaden rashada was one of the top recruits coming out of high school. he said he was promised nearly $14 million to play for the florida gators, and then never got paid. right now universities are not allowed to make direct payments to college athletes. the lawsuit claims florida's coach coordinated with a wealthy supporter of the program to offer rashada an outside endorsement deal with no intentions of paying. >>> and hey straight ahead in sports, well, it's officially the new nfl...
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let me ask you something else now there's an interesting lawsuit filed this week, jaden rashada. rashada quarterback who now plays with a variety of georgia ways accusing the university of florida head football coach and others of fraud and for failing to pay 13 million for the whole nil agreement he says, these promises were made during recruitment where is that going? >> yes so this lawsuit is a really interesting one because we haven't really seen one like this filed yet. >> and nil as i mentioned, it's really virtually and unpalatable the way that it is. there are strict and cwa rules that say you cannot use nil inducements to try to get a recruit to sign with their respective school and essentially jane jaden rashada, he was a highly-touted quarterback recruit out of the state of california initially, he committed to the university of miami, flipped to florida and over the course of his recruitment and leading up to his signing the deal, that was expected to be $13.86 million. >> that's i mean, that's a significant amount of money for anyone, let alone an 18, 17 year-old kid
let me ask you something else now there's an interesting lawsuit filed this week, jaden rashada. rashada quarterback who now plays with a variety of georgia ways accusing the university of florida head football coach and others of fraud and for failing to pay 13 million for the whole nil agreement he says, these promises were made during recruitment where is that going? >> yes so this lawsuit is a really interesting one because we haven't really seen one like this filed yet. >> and...
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former pittsburgh high athlete jaden rashada is now suing florida gators head coach, football coach billapier and others for fraud, according to this lawsuit. rashada originally signed to play for miami for a $9.5 million nil deal, but was lured away when the gators offered him nearly a $14 million nil deal with the promise of $1 million on signing day. well that deal ended up falling through. he never saw any of the money. lawyers who are not associated with rashad's lawsuit say that the nil system is messy because the rules aren't clear. >> imagine right now if the nfl had free agency for every single player, every single year, and there was no salary cap. and not only that, but it was essentially the fan who were bidding to pay these athletes >> rashada is now seeking at least $10 million in damages. the university of florida issued a statement saying they do not comment on ongoing litigation, and pointed out the university athletic association, nor the university are named in this lawsuit. >> it's in the water we drink and just about every tube of toothpaste, new research claims. flu
former pittsburgh high athlete jaden rashada is now suing florida gators head coach, football coach billapier and others for fraud, according to this lawsuit. rashada originally signed to play for miami for a $9.5 million nil deal, but was lured away when the gators offered him nearly a $14 million nil deal with the promise of $1 million on signing day. well that deal ended up falling through. he never saw any of the money. lawyers who are not associated with rashad's lawsuit say that the nil...
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former pittsburgh high athlete jaden rashada is now suing florida university of florida.he gators head football coach bill napier and others for fraud, according to this lawsuit. rashada originally signed to play for miami for $9.5 million in an nil deal, but was then lured away when the gators offered him nearly $14 million in an nil deal and promised him $1 million on signing day. well, that deal ended up falling through. he never saw any of the money lawyers who are not associated with rashad's lawsuit say the nil system is just messy because the rules are not clear. >> imagine right now if the nfl had free agency for every single player every single year, and there was no salary cap. and not only that, but it was essentially the fans who were bidding uh- to pay these athletes. >> rashada is now seeking at least $10 million in damages. the university of florida issued a statement saying they do not comment on ongoing litigation, and pointed out the university athletic association, nor the university itself are named in the lawsuit because being a teenager isn't humilia
former pittsburgh high athlete jaden rashada is now suing florida university of florida.he gators head football coach bill napier and others for fraud, according to this lawsuit. rashada originally signed to play for miami for $9.5 million in an nil deal, but was then lured away when the gators offered him nearly $14 million in an nil deal and promised him $1 million on signing day. well, that deal ended up falling through. he never saw any of the money lawyers who are not associated with...