The Florida portion of the Jaden Rashada saga has reached an end with the school officially releasing him from his letter of intent, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to Sports Illustrated following a report by On3 Sports Friday morning.
What remains in the wake in Gainesville is the messiest name, image and likeness fiasco in the 18-month history of this era of college sports. At some point, something like this was always bound to happen. It will almost certainly happen again, too, as recruiting never stops and a barely-regulated market rolls on with varying answers as to who and how the genie gets put back in the bottle.