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Did you guys see the Wall Street Journal this morning?

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KANE said:
Typical. Wouldn’t expect anything different from that POS rag. Probably didn’t put anything in it about the Brinks truck UF backed up to the Rashada house to get him to change his mind, right! Let’s jump on Miami.
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"It all led to something momentous happening just after the stroke of midnight on Nov. 11. Rashada tweeted that he had decommitted from Miami and flipped to Florida. His tweet included a 43-second video in which he posed with the royal blue Lamborghini convertible of Florida booster Hugh Hathcock, who founded Florida’s Gator Guard booster “collective”—fundraising organizations that facilitate endorsement deals for a university’s athletes."
 
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BigCaneAl said:
Can’t read it due to paywall, can you summarize?
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-Rashada was a huge get, but then we started losing, and he flipped to UF.
-UM has supporters, primarily John Ruiz, who are trying to lure top athletes with NIL deals. Their approach harkens back to the brash UM teams of the glory days. But shockingly, we've not had overnight success.
-The author struggles to distinguish between what Ruiz sees as ROI for his company and immediate results for the team on the field.
-Life Wallet's parent company has struggled since the IPO.
-It ends with a suggestion that the class is a disappointment, but the author clearly does not understand recruiting: "The first class of players recruited by Cristobal was ranked eighth overall by 247sports when Rashada was committed, only the second time since 2008 that Miami has signed a top 10 class, but has ticked down to ninth overall."
 
CaneBear0207 said:
-Rashada was a huge get, but then we started losing, and he flipped to UF.
-UM has supporters, primarily John Ruiz, who are trying to lure top athletes with NIL deals. Their approach harkens back to the brash UM teams of the glory days. But shockingly, we've not had overnight success.
-The author struggles to distinguish between what Ruiz sees as ROI for his company and immediate results for the team on the field.
-Life Wallet's parent company has struggled since the IPO.
-It ends with a suggestion that the class is a disappointment, but the author clearly does not understand recruiting: "The first class of players recruited by Cristobal was ranked eighth overall by 247sports when Rashada was committed, only the second time since 2008 that Miami has signed a top 10 class, but has ticked down to ninth overall."
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That’s a prime example of assigning a writer to something they know nothing about and the research they do to learn fails to translate to reality. We dropped from 8 to 9??? Lol. And it’s not even past ESD.
 
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CaneBear0207 said:
-Rashada was a huge get, but then we started losing, and he flipped to UF.
-UM has supporters, primarily John Ruiz, who are trying to lure top athletes with NIL deals. Their approach harkens back to the brash UM teams of the glory days. But shockingly, we've not had overnight success.
-The author struggles to distinguish between what Ruiz sees as ROI for his company and immediate results for the team on the field.
-Life Wallet's parent company has struggled since the IPO.
-It ends with a suggestion that the class is a disappointment, but the author clearly does not understand recruiting: "The first class of players recruited by Cristobal was ranked eighth overall by 247sports when Rashada was committed, only the second time since 2008 that Miami has signed a top 10 class, but has ticked down to ninth overall."
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WSJ quality has degraded dramatically over the past couple of decades. The internet and social media has not been kind on traditional journalism. This article isn't any better than something I'd read on Rivals.
 
It's a pretty typical WSJ sports article in that the writer does not really understand the sport. To me, the big news is that this is the top sports story in the weekend edition- that back page of the A section with the top headline and everything. UM is at its best when it's us against the world. Honestly, I'd rather be getting 'oh ****, they're spending money' hit pieces than the 'look how cute and fun they are with their turnover chain' coverage we got during the Manny era. Bring on the hate.
 
RVACane said:
That’s a prime example of assigning a writer to something they know nothing about and the research they do to learn fails to translate to reality. We dropped from 8 to 9??? Lol. And it’s not even past ESD.
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He doesn't know what it means to sign a class, or when it happens.
 
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CaneBear0207 said:
www.wsj.com

A Top Recruit Was Lured to Miami With a Big Money Offer. Then the Hurricanes Started Losing.

Four-star recruit Jaden Rashada picked Miami for the lure of endorsement deals. He flipped to Florida in the middle of a mediocre season for the ’Canes.
www.wsj.com www.wsj.com
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Stuff like this makes me dislike the Rashada situation. I have absolutely no problem with what Rashada and his family did, but all the bull crap around his situation annoys me. Yes we offered a bag for him to come here, but so did UF, the media needs to stop their BS, but they never will.
 
Highline17 said:
Stuff like this makes me dislike the Rashada situation. I have absolutely no problem with what Rashada and his family did, but all the bull crap around his situation annoys me. Yes we offered a bag for him to come here, but so did UF, the media needs to stop their BS, but they never will.
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They’re trying to spin a bull**** story with a gator-Rashada-slant how the bad Miami Billionaire tried corrupting this kid with money but in the end he made a moral decision by forsaking greater riches.
 
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