re: Transfer Portal Is Retarded

Agree with you.

We just signed Judkins to an NIL deal through 23-24 season. Had signing pictures and all sorts of shite.

Like a fricking contract signing and second signing day rolled into one.

That being said. Pumped he’s signed.

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What the NCAA should do, since all NIL money has to be reported to the school, is require that any player who receives NIL money is required to remain at their school for X number of years OR just go back to how transfer rules worked before.

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Can't see the courts allowing the NCAA or school to make different transfer rules for athletes that take NIL money and those that don't. I can't see that flying.

The issue is the schools have created a wall between the monetary relationship these athletes are entering into related to NIL and the relationship between the school and athlete. They have to keep it separate. It is how they are keeping their sorta non-for-profit status. Once you start making rules that differentiate the "paid" and "unpaid" athletes, the school is basically admitting that the payments are related to their play (i know I know... we have been suspending disbelief here but that is the frayed string holding up this façade). They are already walking a fine line trying to deny these athletes are employees. Anything that perpetuates that belief further now would probably be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I think it is inevitable but they are hitting a spot where they are going to have to carve out certain portions of the athletic department that just doesn't get non-for-profit preferences any longer.

I said this earlier but the conferences will probably take over and just bite the bullet on the semi-pro model. The athletes will be in unions and there will be a CBA. Then you will have a structure that resembles a salary cap and contracts that are not for one year (unless you hit certain more strict qualifying circumstances where you could transfer in one year). They will probably do everything they can to dress it up as though it isn't a business relationship but the basics of an employer/employee relationship will evident and out in the open. It seems the only way to add better regulation.

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Also dynasties like the last 15 yrs will be a thing of the past

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What dynasties have there been besides Alabama?

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Coaches have contracts and damages clauses (buyouts) that address breaching an employment contract (leaving early). One doesn't have to be a shitty person to recognize those situations are apples to oranges.

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What other double standards do you favor?

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That is not necessarily true.

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True, you could be kicked off the team prior to entering the portal. The point is that if you can’t find a home and can’t go back to your old team, it’s because your old team revoked your scholarship. Not because you entered the portal.

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The reality is, yes, many times entering the portal does terminate your scholarship. When you enter the portal, the school has a right to terminate your scholarship, and many do exactly that

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The school can terminate your scholarship at any point with no reason needed. The point is the school is the one who ends the scholarship. Entering the portal doesn’t do that. The player not being allowed back is ALWAYS the school’s decision. Entering the portal does not cause that.

NIL and Xfer portal with no restrictions is total chaos. It will have to be reigned in eventually.