Our Georgia site, UGASports, has the details on the lawsuit filed on behalf of Georgia QB Jaden Rashada over a failed NIL deal with Florida. Rashada was supposed to receive close to $14 million over four years from Florida before the deal was terminated.
Some of the details:
• Besides Florida head coach Billy Napier, the other defendants listed in the lawsuit are Hugh Hathcock, Marcus Castro-Walker, and Velocity Automotive Solutions, LLC. The 64-year-old Hathcock is a wealthy, long-time Florida booster who gave an eight-figure donation—the largest in the program’s history—to the Florida football program in 2022. He also ran the former Florida-drive NIL collective, the Gator Guard. Castro-Walker is the former Florida director of NIL and player engagement. Velocity Automotive is a former company in Destin, Florida, owned by Hathcock. Although not listed as a defendant, Edward Rojas was the CEO of another major Florida collective, the Gator Collective, and, according to the lawsuit, “was also deeply involved throughout the effort to flip Jaden [to Florida].”
• In late June of 2022, Rashada committed to the University of Miami, agreeing to a $9.5 million NIL deal with the Hurricanes. According to the filing, Florida soon applied a “pressure campaign” to flip Rashada to the Gators.
• Working alongside Hathcock, Castro-Walker communicated with Rashada’s two NIL agents during the fall of 2022 that Florida would pay the quarterback $13.85 million over four years, or more than $4 million more than what Miami had offered.
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Some of the details:
• Besides Florida head coach Billy Napier, the other defendants listed in the lawsuit are Hugh Hathcock, Marcus Castro-Walker, and Velocity Automotive Solutions, LLC. The 64-year-old Hathcock is a wealthy, long-time Florida booster who gave an eight-figure donation—the largest in the program’s history—to the Florida football program in 2022. He also ran the former Florida-drive NIL collective, the Gator Guard. Castro-Walker is the former Florida director of NIL and player engagement. Velocity Automotive is a former company in Destin, Florida, owned by Hathcock. Although not listed as a defendant, Edward Rojas was the CEO of another major Florida collective, the Gator Collective, and, according to the lawsuit, “was also deeply involved throughout the effort to flip Jaden [to Florida].”
• In late June of 2022, Rashada committed to the University of Miami, agreeing to a $9.5 million NIL deal with the Hurricanes. According to the filing, Florida soon applied a “pressure campaign” to flip Rashada to the Gators.
• Working alongside Hathcock, Castro-Walker communicated with Rashada’s two NIL agents during the fall of 2022 that Florida would pay the quarterback $13.85 million over four years, or more than $4 million more than what Miami had offered.
More here:
UGASports - See the key revelations of the Jaden Rashada lawsuit vs. Napier, others
• Besides Napier, the other defendants listed in the lawsuit are Hugh Hathcock, Marcus Castro-Walker, and Velocity
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