It’s not that simple. Go talk to a D1 college soccer coach and ask them how they feel about the portal. Ask a high school coach.
Covid year screwed up recruiting for 2022 and 2023. During that time the portal started to blow up. It is causing issues for high school kids, scholarship availability, roster turnover, kids leaving left and right causing programs to bail on high school kids while looking to the portal instead. Coaches planning for next season and find players not expected to leave, leave. It’s not a good thing at all. Ask Pitt basketball how roster turnover is helping. How about Pitt QB situation. No matter how many times to try and make it seem positive, it isn’t.