Imagine if “the portal” had existed when Robert Foster was at Alabama…😞
It’s ruining soccer also. Especially for high school players. Teams would rather get an experienced player over an inexperienced unproven. In women’s soccer, Last year, teams like Maryland, Michigan state, Kentucky, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Xavier and many others relied on a lot of transfers. MSU was really good this year, they had at least 7 transfers for this season. Maryland had 9, Kentucky had 8. That’s just from one site that could be missing some.It's ruining college football as it's way out of control
It's ruining college football as it's way out of control
He'd have transferred to the MAC.Imagine if “the portal” had existed when Robert Foster was at Alabama…😞
Exactly right ,the big schools poach our best players ,then we poach a lower class best players where does it endYep. The ability to transfer without penalty every year is ruining college sports in general. Just look at the basketball team. Who knows, they could be a decent team and something to build on. Then bigger programs poach the best players and we are back to a square one. It’s not as detrimental to football but can still be a momentum killer.
The current environment makes it hard to be a fan. At least for elders like me.
Yup, It's just like having two NFLs nowIt's ruining college football as it's way out of control
You bring up a really good point. A lot of coaches won’t allow a player to return if he enters the portal.What happens when eventually a player enters the portal but doesn’t land at any school and disappears entirely? It’s going to happen…& This sci-fi portal stuff isn’t without tangible risks ya know?
What happens when eventually a player enters the portal but doesn’t land at any school and disappears entirely? It’s going to happen…& This sci-fi portal stuff isn’t without tangible risks ya know?
It’s ruining soccer also.
He took his entrance exam over the phone with staff looking up answers on the computer. That guy had some challenges academicallyImagine if “the portal” had existed when Robert Foster was at Alabama…😞
Because of the multi-millionaire coaches ?!?Yup, It's just like having two NFLs now
The soccer portal has exploded.Soccer has had transfers without having to sit out for a long time. Back when my niece was playing she had a teammate who played at Pitt one year and transferred and played with her at Duquesne the next. The rules about not having to sit out a year after transferring didn't change anything for most sports, they simply changed the rules for football and basketball to the same rules that the other sports were already playing under.
There’s always IUP
That’s 40 school’s worth of full classes.
So all of the players will land somewhere?That’s 40 school’s worth of full classes.
Crazy talk.
There have to be quite a few schools with huge losses.
Yep. Somewhere. FBS; FCS; McDonalds; Mom’s couch. Somewhere.So all of the players will land somewhere?
Soccer has had transfers without having to sit out for a long time. Back when my niece was playing she had a teammate who played at Pitt one year and transferred and played with her at Duquesne the next. The rules about not having to sit out a year after transferring didn't change anything for most sports, they simply changed the rules for football and basketball to the same rules that the other sports were already playing under.
No, and many will not land where they think they should.So all of the players will land somewhere?
I've seen in past years a relatively large percentage either don't get a scholarship or don't find a new school to play for.No, and many will not land where they think they should.
There’s always IUP
The soccer portal has exploded.
And that was because those were non-revenue sports, in most cases played by actual student-athletes. So nobody really cared about transferring and it wasn't done with any great frequency, mainly because the majority of those student-athletes are real students and picked the school partly or mostly due to the academic profile. Football and basketball is a business so they didnt allow free transfers to protect the business. Now they do and the business will eventually crumble. They are idiots.
Word is, he didn’t demand a house in Morgantown, because this is what he would have gotten.
Does Alabama actually do entrance exams?He took his entrance exam over the phone with staff looking up answers on the computer. That guy had some challenges academically
I know he took remedial courses at CV and a lot of people looked after him. That was part of the deal of going to Alabama according to his mom. They would tailor it to the special education program and he would get extra assistance. I know some people that are very tight to that situation and I feel bad for what he had to go through. He had a very dysfunctional upbringing to put it politely.Does Alabama actually do entrance exams?
Are you thinking of "placement" exam where they determine if you take credit courses or remedial courses.
I don't remember ever doing one to get into PITT.
I think there’s been a player lost in portal already… no records of his destination and no one can locate him anywhere… TE Mark Schubb… gone just poof… someone should have warned him of the dangers…
Think of guys who left Pitt...V Carter, Salhuddin. Those guys disappeared.I think there’s been a player lost in portal already… no records of his destination and no one can locate him anywhere… TE Mark Schubb… gone just poof… someone should have warned him of the dangers…
V’Lique Carter went to Albany, and then Arkansas Pine-Bluff. So yeah, he disappeared better than someone in the witness protection system.Think of guys who left Pitt...V Carter, Salhuddin. Those guys disappeared.
He probably would have gone to Georgia.Imagine if “the portal” had existed when Robert Foster was at Alabama…😞
Will they become walk ons without a scholarship?