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Portal Hurting or Helping CFB?
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:12 pm
I initially thought the portal would help bring parity to cfb. Traditionally, high tier teams like Bama would hoard 4/5* athletes on the bench who would have started on 100 other teams. I thought the portal would allow alot of those guys to spread out across the landscape.
But so far, it's been the other way around. The upper tier schools are using it to pluck what few diamonds in the rough from the lesser schools.
Instead of Wake Forest getting some badass linebackers and db's riding the bench from the SEC, the SEC goes and takes their one good player in Jamie La'Jai Newman.
And alot of high quality bench riders that are leaving the SEC are going to other top tier schools. No parity is growing.
What do yall think?
But so far, it's been the other way around. The upper tier schools are using it to pluck what few diamonds in the rough from the lesser schools.
Instead of Wake Forest getting some badass linebackers and db's riding the bench from the SEC, the SEC goes and takes their one good player in Jamie La'Jai Newman.
And alot of high quality bench riders that are leaving the SEC are going to other top tier schools. No parity is growing.
What do yall think?
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:14 pm to deeprig9
It's good for college football. Why would it not be? They have always had transfers man, so the only difference is the portal being there so programs can know who is available for transfer.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:17 pm to deeprig9
I don’t care for it.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:20 pm to deeprig9
Jamie Newman is not a diamond in the rough. He sucks. Completion percentage was below 60% in all but 3 games. And below 50% in 4 of last 5. Dude is another Jalen Hurts. He sucks
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:21 pm to deeprig9
So, you think that the transfer portal is the reason why Wake Forest can't compete with the top tier programs in football? Come on now man, Wake Forest wouldn't be relevant with or without Newman and the portal being there. This is the exact reason why I believe they need to create another division of fcs football. The programs that honestly have no chance at ever playing for a title in fbs can have their own division, with other programs like them and compete in a more evenly matched league than they're in right now. That's the only way to fix this. They need to split the fbs into 2 divisions and match the elite teams with other elite programs and the ones like Wake Forest etc need to be competing against other programs like themselves.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:23 pm to deeprig9
Grad transfer rule > Do anything you want portal
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:30 pm to deeprig9
It’s terrible and why the same teams will always compete for playoff spots.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:39 pm to deeprig9
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I initially thought the portal would help bring parity to cfb. Traditionally, high tier teams like Bama would hoard 4/5* athletes on the bench who would have started on 100 other teams. I thought the portal would allow alot of those guys to spread out across the landscape.
But so far, it's been the other way around. The upper tier schools are using it to pluck what few diamonds in the rough from the lesser schools.
Instead of Wake Forest getting some badass linebackers and db's riding the bench from the SEC, the SEC goes and takes their one good player in Jamie La'Jai Newman.
And alot of high quality bench riders that are leaving the SEC are going to other top tier schools. No parity is growing.
What do yall think?
I'm not sure how you could have thought it would work out any way other than like it has done.
Think it's bad now, wait until they get to profit from their likenesses. You think the better profit is at Wake Forest or UGA?
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:44 pm to deeprig9
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Jamie La'Jai Newman.
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good player
Lol
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:49 pm to deeprig9
No doubt it's perceived as better for the players but not for the teams losing star players and the associated fans. Georgia was definitely better off losing the #1 QB recruit and Wake Forest will likely be worse without Newman.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:50 pm to deeprig9
Probably an unpopular take, but the only way to create parity is to cut scholarships. Going from 85 to 70 would move a lot of talent around.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 5:58 pm to deeprig9
That's exactly what Saban said would happen.
People should listen to him more. He's a pretty smart guy
People should listen to him more. He's a pretty smart guy
Posted on 1/23/20 at 6:02 pm to deeprig9
I don't understand how the portal is any different from traditional transfer rules. Kids have always been able to transfer, the portal just makes it easier to find a new place to go.
I think it's the same as always just less hassle for the student.
I think it's the same as always just less hassle for the student.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 6:04 pm to deeprig9
It's helps players.
You got guys like Franks for example. He can go somewhere he can play instead of ride pine. Who knows. Have a great season. Maybe get a shot with an NFL team.
There are a hundred more just like that every year. Why not open the door for these young men to have another chance somewhere else?
You got guys like Franks for example. He can go somewhere he can play instead of ride pine. Who knows. Have a great season. Maybe get a shot with an NFL team.
There are a hundred more just like that every year. Why not open the door for these young men to have another chance somewhere else?
Posted on 1/23/20 at 6:09 pm to deeprig9
Well a kid like Jamie Newman would maybe go in the later rounds but he’s got a chance to be a first rounder. Where would Jalen Hurts end up had he sat on the Bench at Bama? Saban understood that Jalen was doing what was best for him.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 6:46 pm to deeprig9
Yes
Posted on 1/23/20 at 7:24 pm to deeprig9
It’s pro player so I’m all for it. Kids shouldn’t be indentured servants. It was never about parity. It’s about the student athlete.
Highly rated recruits have always transferred to seek more playing time. Many would go the smaller programs like UAB, La Tech, etc or drop to FCS to gain immediate eligibility.
Players want to play.
Highly rated recruits have always transferred to seek more playing time. Many would go the smaller programs like UAB, La Tech, etc or drop to FCS to gain immediate eligibility.
Players want to play.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 7:49 pm to deeprig9
All the portal does is make transfers public to everyone. It didn’t change transfer rules. I don’t think it has any effect on transfers at all it’s just now instead of it being a rumor that so and so is transferring out you see them in the portal.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 8:05 pm to deeprig9
Good for the players and CF. Now recruiters can not promise a recruit the world and then move to the next player. Coaching staffs have to be honest to a kid or he is gone within a year;.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 8:45 pm to deeprig9
Hurting. It's basically free agency. Don't like it.
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