Why does the transfer portal open before the playoffs are over?

because the end of the semester is now and the new semester starts in January. The NCAA still likes to believe these are "student" athletes.

Boomer Esiason did a CBSSports bit about this. He said the NCAA needs to make changes to the times given for portal players to enter. I agree. This shite is anti common sense

Imagine if boosters start giving checks to opponents players to leave before they play. Would be wild. No way to catch something like that.

Everyone here but a few wanted the players to get paid until they started getting paid.

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Everyone here but a few wanted the players to get paid until they started getting paid.

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I never had any problem with players making money from their likeness or jersey sales or whatever, but the NIL + unlimited portal was too much, too soon. This was something that should have been eased into over time, much like conference and playoff expansion. Alas, the genie is out of the bottle now.

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Everyone here but a few wanted the players to get paid until they started getting paid.

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People are fine with NFL players getting paid but nobody thinks the entire league should be 1 year free agents, and there are also no tampering rules.

Cardale was right. He was just a precursor to what we are seeing now.

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Everyone here but a few wanted the players to get paid until they started getting paid.

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Happy to say I was one of the few. Unintended consequences and shite.

Im not even sure it was unintended. The way these changes were rammed through overnight seemed pretty intent on destroying the sport as we knew it.

My man, Cardale, telling it like it is

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Read articles today where backups on playoff teams are leaving. Why can't all of this wait till after the season is over?

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My guess is to give the "student-athletes" time to visit prospective new schools, enroll, pick classes, find a place to live, etc. BEFORE the winter semester begins.