The Transfer Portal

[9nationalchampionships]

Is nullifying the hype of recruiting a 17-18 year old and allowing parity with another recruiting opportunity for more seasoned adults to guide their future.

It is changing the landscape!

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Sorry.... forgot to add that the specialty that allows for specific players is there..i.e. punters, field goal kickers and kickoff return specialists

 

[Saboteur]

Is nullifying the hype of recruiting a 17-18 year old and allowing parity and another recruiting opportunity for more seasoned adults to guide their future.

It is changing the landscape!

Rhule jumped ship and the cfb landscape didn't collapse. If players can leave with impunity, should should be able to do the same thing.

 

[Macchiato]

I agree. The transfer portal is not making the rich richer. It appears to help create parity. The 4 or 5 star athlete that was lavishly recruited to sit on bench can now transfer after the new car smell wears off. Why sit on bench when the kid can be two deep immediately

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Coaches have been able to move around without issue for a long time. Rhule going to the NFL for roughly 9M/yr will make some of the top coaches think about the move as well if available. More $$$ and no recruiting.

Rhule jumped ship and the cfb landscape didn't collapse. If players can leave with impunity, should should be able to do the same thing.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

The very few that are complaining about transfers in college footbsll is reaching big time. This has been great for college football and the players.


The rich aren’t getting richer but now they can’t stockpile and keep great talent on the bench as much. Georgia now has to find a qb and don’t have fields to turn to but we as fans got to see him play. If anything, this is helping trickle some of that stockpiled talent out to the masses.

 

[anon_d97v9o3a8b6xr]

NCAA needs to re-evaluate transfers and actually establish criteria that are consistently followed. Players are suppose to be students first, but holding it against them when it doesn’t work out is problematic. Everything is already semipro, except the transfer process.

sometimes things just don’t work out, same thing happens in the work force. Job isn’t what was described, boss is an ass, you aren’t comfortable etc etc and you can leave ato Take another job. Coaches do this everyday to give them better opportunities and many times leave the program a mess. Zero consequences for the coaches.
The whole hardship thing with family members being ill is obviously an opportunity that can be abused. But the ncaa can’t even make decisions on that consistently.
Maybe someday there will be a new organizational body that can take over.

 

[pittdan77]

NCAA needs to re-evaluate transfers and actually establish criteria that are consistently followed. Players are suppose to be students first, but holding it against them when it doesn’t work out is problematic. Everything is already semipro, except the transfer process.

sometimes things just don’t work out, same thing happens in the work force. Job isn’t what was described, boss is an ass, you aren’t comfortable etc etc and you can leave ato Take another job. Coaches do this everyday to give them better opportunities and many times leave the program a mess. Zero consequences for the coaches.
The whole hardship thing with family members being ill is obviously an opportunity that can be abused. But the ncaa can’t even make decisions on that consistently.
Maybe someday there will be a new organizational body that can take over.

Consistency is a problem but only because the rule is dumb. It favors coaches who really like having things both ways. They cry when a good player jumps but they love nudging lesser players along when they want a scholarship to open. The easiest solution would be to allow some basic transfer criteria that would be easy to document and that works in the player's best interest since they are the ones who are ultimately hurt the most if they get stuck somewhere or lose eligibility. I understand why they don't want a free-for-all but I also don't see the value of limiting player mobility when it has improved the on the field product so much.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

Consistency is a problem but only because the rule is dumb. It favors coaches who really like having things both ways. They cry when a good player jumps but they love nudging lesser players along when they want a scholarship to open. The easiest solution would be to allow some basic transfer criteria that would be easy to document and that works in the player's best interest since they are the ones who are ultimately hurt the most if they get stuck somewhere or lose eligibility. I understand why they don't want a free-for-all but I also don't see the value of limiting player mobility when it has improved the on the field product so much.

most coaches are full of BS and want it both ways.. scream and preach about loyalty and commitment while their agent is looking for a better job for them.. Talk about loyalty to kids who verbal but are still recruiting recruits that verballed to other programs

 

[pittdan77]

most coaches are full of BS and want it both ways.. scream and preach about loyalty and commitment while their agent is looking for a better job for them.. Talk about loyalty to kids who verbal but are still recruiting recruits that verballed to other programs

Yup. Granted, kids are smart and they know the score, too. A coach is taking a risk if they bring someone in to start right away. Burrow at LSU paid big and no kid is going to be mad to be playing in the NC. If could go the other way a lot easier.

Look at Pitt's OL. Did it really make a difference to bring in a kid who didn't have a ton of upside to start when they probably could have just as easily won seven games with a younger guy? What does it say to the position group if they do that again? To me, if you're going to take that swing, it has to be a pretty dramatic improvement. We'll never really know.

 

[revampedpanthers]

I agree. The transfer portal is not making the rich richer. It appears to help create parity. The 4 or 5 star athlete that was lavishly recruited to sit on bench can now transfer after the new car smell wears off. Why sit on bench when the kid can be two deep immediately

All true but I also think it starts with kids aiming for the stars and all the best prospects end up at the top 10 schools. They figure they can start at a place that they may be able to win a NC at and then transfer to a lower level school if things don't work out. Also teams like osu and lsu still get the best of the best transfers as well

 

[YUK2]

I agree. The transfer portal is not making the rich richer. It appears to help create parity. The 4 or 5 star athlete that was lavishly recruited to sit on bench can now transfer after the new car smell wears off. Why sit on bench when the kid can be two deep immediately

I disagree. The rich get all the kids the. If the kids does make the starting squad, he can leave. The Rich get the best of the best then toss the rest. Imagine if you can’t leave. You think A player that thinks they can start somewhere is going to a team that had a starting Freshman QB like Lawrence?

 

[YUK2]

However, I think if the HC that recruited you leaves, you should be able to transfer without sitting out, otherwise, this hardship stuff needs to end. No way fields should have been allowed to play this year

 

[pittdan77]

However, I think if the HC that recruited you leaves, you should be able to transfer without sitting out, otherwise, this hardship stuff needs to end. No way fields should have been allowed to play this year

Only in light of the fact they disallowed a kid to play who wanted to transfer back to VA or VATech who actually did have a hardship with his mother's illness. Otherwise, I don't have a problem with anyone being eligible right away. It's better for everyone if the best players are on the field somewhere.

 

[Las Panteras]

I agree. The transfer portal is not making the rich richer. It appears to help create parity. The 4 or 5 star athlete that was lavishly recruited to sit on bench can now transfer after the new car smell wears off. Why sit on bench when the kid can be two deep immediately

I'll meet you halfway.

3 of 4 in the CFP are Quarterbacked by transfers. Not sure LSU or OSU are in without Burrows / Fields

Oklahoma wouldnt be near the CFP without Hurts

The rich do get richer, they are just more selective.

 

[pbrad]

They need to set up new rules for transferring. Let's say a school loses 2 players that transfer, then they lose 1 scholarship for every 2 transfers and on the other end a school loses 1 scholarship for every 2 transfers signed in a given year. This may prevent stock piling.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

How about allowing one transfer without losing a year. A player trsnsfers twice, they sit out a year.

Is it really bad if a scholarship athlete transfers for athletic purposes?? I know the narrative. “It’d cause a free-for-all, every good player would go to Ohio state and Alabama.”But would it really? Those schools can still only have 85 scholarship players.


A football player transferring from one program to another and not having to sit out a year, is that really that bad of a thing? A backup linebacker goes from Florida to pitt, are any of us worse off? An OL goes from Rutgers to tosu, is college football really that worse off??