re: It’s almost laughable if you try to really wrap your head around the portal…

It's been about the NFL since around 1965. Which isn't a bad thing. If you're great at something there's nothing wrong with wanting to get paid to do it (unless you're great at sex I guess lol)

But this portal thing is terrible for the sport. At the very least you should have to sit out a year if you transfer to a school on your current team's schedule the following season.