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Steve T's avatar

The transfer portal is destroying college athletics. The old rules were bad, forcing a year sit out, but this solution went way too far. My recommended solution would include: 1. An established window, 2. One transfer without sitting out, 3. Second (and last transfer), sit out one year. This would force the kids to grow up and give the coaches time to develop the talent they recruited.

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Dave Paul Vecsi's avatar

Nice article John.

One can only wonder where this transfer portal will lead. I often thought that sitting out a year was pretty harsh but it seems the transfer portal has swung the pendulum way too far in the other direction. Perhaps sitting out a year would make the player and parents think hard about their original school. I like your compromise of maybe a 2 year window in the off-season would be a sensible idea.

With NIL and the transfer portal has made a new era in college sports. I can only think that the Bobby Knight's of the world would not last long and have no career at all... which would be a good thing.

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