Dark Clouds Loom Over College Football As Jaden Rashada Saga Sees New Twist in Latest Transfer Portal Revelation

The transfer portal saga has reached a climax in the last few weeks, involving a lot of players poaching and tampering allegations over the big schools healing from the bigwig conferences. College football has visibly stepped into a transitional era where terms like ethics and loyalty of the players become all but elusive. When Beau Pribula hit the portal just ahead of a crucial playoff match with the Nittany Lions, it left James Franklin and the fans and veterans alike in severe jeopardy. But quite unsurprisingly, it’s just one instance among the hundreds. The NCAA portal window, which is directly challenging the season timeline, has been a recurring theme of dispute in the mix.

The latest one to mention is the drama swirling over Jaden Rashada, which has set a clumsy record of flips over the last couple of years. On the parallel, Xavier Lucas, a Wisconsin athlete, also fights a legal battle over portal permission. The latest intel kind of binds these two to a single faith.

Xavier Lucas’s projected fate at the portal revealed

Lucas, a former Wisconsin cornerback, is now eyeing to take his talent to the University of Miami. However, Wisconsin didn’t allow him permission, citing a restriction as per their NIL contracts, which is two years. Lucas and his advocates claimed that the university purposefully wanted to block his career growth by delinquently denying him the assent. They didn’t just stop him from hitting the portal, they rather accused Miami of tampering with players which might invite complex NCAA violations and legal repercussions for both institutions. But before it further opens the pandora’s box, we get busy soft-guessing who will win the shot at court.

Well, Locked on Big 12 host Cam Stuart has an answer that can change the landscape of the entire college football world. ‘‘If I’m, if I’m a football player, why would I enter the transfer portal when I can just say Deuces, I don’t go here anymore, I go somewhere else and guess what if I’m Miami or Oklahoma State or Texas Tech, I don’t want to pull from the transfer portal. I just want to enroll a new kid here, It’s that simple. No more paperwork. Just welcome to the show, this is going to officially throw us into even further chaos,” Stuart reflected on a concerning aspect.

They say every law has an escape, and this is how it works. The best or worst part is you can’t blame any player for the intricacy or the infidelity because they are entitled to think about their future as long as they are permitted to.

On the other hand, the college football world trademark ruling doesn’t only impact a single entity, rather it will initiate a new era in the same area, allowing many more to avail of the same. Just like Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia’s win over separating the Juco years from the overall collegiate eligibility paved the way for the youngsters to go for the same afterward, the Wisconsin vs Miami judgment will decide a lot going forward. ‘‘Make no mistake, this kid’s gonna play for Miami next year. Like they’re not, Wisconsin’s not going to win this case. Wisconsin has kind of fumbled the ball on this in terms of making them sign this NIL contract which actually isn’t going to go into effect until maybe April when it goes before the house,” Stuart added.

Well, if this happens to be the case, it’s time to raise a stock on Jaden Rasheda as well.

Jaden Rasheda will possibly benefit from a positive Xavier Lucas judgment 

Rasheda has the craziest portal records that didn’t do him any favor. The nomadic nature of his recruits only puzzled the teams, and the staff associated with it. But again, technically, he is allowed to keep jumping ship unless and until he finds his match. Thanks to the updated NIL era. He had a tumultuous history in Florida involving a massive $13 million NIL deal that led him to depart even before playing a single game. After that, he came to Arizona State, had a brief yet significant time, and ended up in Georgia at the start of the past season.

Rashada didn’t see the field for Georgia in 2024 after transferring. But somehow, the California native has become a poster boy for the NIL era in college sports for all the wrong reasons. Now, Georgia is not serving him anymore, and he is looking for another home at the moment.

He is juggling between UCLA and North Carolina but has to wait until the spring portal opens before doing the pen and paperwork. Well, if you were wondering, whether or not he can face a legal intricacy for the process, the Wisconsin case is the reference for you.