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Florida football: More details emerge about Jaden Rashada’s NIL deal

By Will Thomas

Sep 7, 2019; Gainesville, FL, USA; Florida Gators helmet during the second quarter against the Tennessee Martin Skyhawks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 7, 2019; Gainesville, FL, USA; Florida Gators helmet during the second quarter against the Tennessee Martin Skyhawks at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Florida football is still working through the fallout from the issues with Jadan Rashada’s NIL deal that led to him being released from his NLI and ending up at Arizona State.

At first, people didn’t really know who to blame. Some thought that Rashada was getting greedy and wanted more than he was promised, others thought that Florida just wasn’t paying him.

But with new details that have come out, it seems that people around Rashada were working behind the scenes to get the best offer for Jaden’s services, which eventually cost him a spot in Gainesville and a lot of money.

Andy Staples released details of Rashada’s contract with UF before all the problems arose.

Jaden was set to receive $500,000 upfront for signing the contract, and then receive monthly payments every year he was at Florida.

He would earn $250,000 per month as a freshman, $291,666.66 as a sophomore, $375,000 as a junior, and $195,833.33 as a senior.

These payments came with some contingencies that Rashada would have to fulfill. These included living in Gainesville, a branded Twitter and Instagram post every month, up to eight fan engagement events per year, and autographing up to 15 pieces of merchandise every year.

It’s understandable that people will get caught up in the huge numbers of this deal, especially given that Rashda still hasn’t played a college snap yet.

But the biggest takeaway from this report is that Jaden himself wasn’t driving any of the negotiations. All of the issues are about him, so he receives most of, if not all the attention and criticism.

But it seems that all these issues came about from people around him that were trying to earn more money. He’s the victim of the situation.

Now, at Arizona State, Staples tells us that he doesn’t have a structured NIL deal in place as of yet. The people shopping around for the best offer went from around $13 million to $0 really fast.

Obviously, nobody really wins in this situation. But if you must be upset, don’t be upset at Rashada. He was just trying to go to school and play football, and that experience got tainted by people around him chasing cash.

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