We done lost our got beaver dam mind. Thank goodness it fell through.
The article’s interesting. Says that he did not sign a NLI deal with Arizona State at all.
It also says that Miami’s NL ideal was never $9 million. That it was $500,000 and $125,000 was paid through California which allows payments to high school athletes. It had to be through there, because Florida law does not allow it.
Rashada’s family then paid back the 125K when it signed the NLI deal with the collective.
It also says that the termination clause says that it can be terminated for several reasons. Two of which are if it violates state law or NCAA bylaws.
If you go back and look at the earlier, Miami comment about not being able to pay in the state of Florida, and having to pay through the state of California because their state law allows payment to high school athletes, it looks like it may have been terminated, because it violated state law. Or at least a NCAA bylaw/provision.
Honestly, it looks like whoever was putting this deal together (Heitner was part of it) were a bunch of idiots. And they almost put the school into hot water. Even though the school had nothing to do with it because state law does not allow them to be involved anyway.