Jon Joseph Moderator No. 1 Share Posted March 26 College football's 2nd portal window opens on April 15th and closes on April 30th. Expect more roster chaos. Tackle Kaydn Proctor will not be the only player to leave and test the marketplace for his NIL value then return to his former team. And post-spring ball you can bet that poachers will be telling players via a player's agent or otherwise that you may not be good enough to start for Team A but come to Team B, start, and get paid. Court decisions in West Virginia and Tennessee have neutered the NCAA when it comes to NIL enforcement of any kind. The NCAA has conceded to not having any control over NIL including control over players who have previously transferred. Having to re-recruit a roster in December and April is coach-crazy-making. Hopefully, Oregon will not suffer any two-time transfers. None of the 11 players who are transferring in will decide to bounce to another team after spring practice. I do not want to put a jinx on Puddles but Dante Moore is from Detroit and Michigan sorely needs a top-drawer QB to replace JJ McCarthy. Somehow this game of musical NIL-money chairs has to stop. But there is no apparent help on the horizon from Congress or otherwise. The Spring transfer portal window will be the most chaotic yet BAMAHAMMER.COM In the new NIL and transfer portal window of College Football, we've slowly seen a wild shift in what was ever imaginable in the sport. The fall transfer window 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 2 Share Posted March 26 Is there another portal window in the late summer before the season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 3 Share Posted March 26 On 3/26/2024 at 2:41 PM, Solar said: Is there another portal window in the late summer before the season? No, the April period concludes portal entry until December of 2024, unless a head coach is hired away, terminated, or quits. In this case, players have a 30-day window to transfer. But the next barrier to be challenged will likely be a challenge to any restriction whatsoever on a player's ability to transfer. Unlike the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL, college athletes have not agreed to any restrictions on transfers. Perfect timing by Harbaugh. Win a Natty for your alma mammy and leave for a league that has rules regarding transfers, a lid on player salaries, and rules that are enforced, against poaching. And you don't have to recruit high school kids. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 4 Share Posted March 26 A jiff from Kiff. Lane Kiffin, transfer portal king, predicts spring chaos in 'really stupid system' SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin was asked about the outlook for college football's spring transfer portal window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 5 Share Posted March 27 (edited) A hyperbolic headline, typical of today's 'journalism' but a good take on the 2nd portal go-round. Hayes: April 16 is college football’s doomsday. Brace yourself accordingly WWW.SATURDAYDOWNSOUTH.COM The transfer portal opens April 16 and nothing -- absolutely nothing -- can stop the rash of players leaving for more money Edited March 27 by Jon Joseph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 6 Share Posted March 27 Actually, this is pretty bad. It is going to mess us fans up—with what will happen. It seems that to satisfy all the major parties, all of the money earned from college football will have to be shared with the players, and there will not be funding for the other sports. It won’t be the end of college football, but it could be the end of Olympic sports, and my beloved college Baseball. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 7 Share Posted March 27 It's been a unique American thing that our college football subsidizes so much our national Olympic program. Other countries' governments have to pay for that. Perhaps you could find correlation between college football revenues and US medals won. For the summer games at least. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author Moderator No. 8 Share Posted March 28 On 3/27/2024 at 2:37 PM, Charles Fischer said: Actually, this is pretty bad. It is going to mess us fans up—with what will happen. It seems that to satisfy all the major parties, all of the money earned from college football will have to be shared with the players, and there will not be funding for the other sports. It won’t be the end of college football, but it could be the end of Olympic sports, and my beloved college Baseball. Therein lies the rub. Moneyball guys will be paid. What price will athletes participating in other sports pay; especially, if a varsity team with scholarships awarded becomes a club team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Moderator No. 9 Share Posted March 28 Unlimited free agency. Media revenue seemingly spiraling out of control brought attention to the absurd nature of the NCAA rules on compensating athletes. It helped inflate everyone’s salaries involved with collegiate athletics except the athlete. A head coaching salary escalates to $5 to $8 million per year, while athletes maybe get a better meal plan. The NCAA would constantly wave its rule book in everyone’s face to make sure it stayed that way. The NCAA’s track record of defending legal challenges tells us all we need to know about its rules…completely out of touch with reality. The good news is that only 22 players can be on the field during any given play. While how much they are compensated spirals out of control…the irony of it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
