people are missing the forest through the trees

people are missing the forest through the trees
by jt (2021-04-15 12:24:45)

In reply to: If Harry Oliver had had a Venmo account when he beat MI, posted by Endthecursein05

1) Of course players should be able to profit off of their name, image, and likeness.

2) Of course they should not be compensated by the school; they have a scholarship to serve as compensation.

3) This idea that the transfer portal and the 1 time transfer without having to sit out are things that benefit the player is a laughable concept. This clearly tilts things even more in favor of the schools, and specifically lazy recruiters and/or guys who don't have the time/energy/inclination to recruit high school kids and develop them. Right now there are close to 3,000 kids in the portal and I believe that represents 25% (or more) of available D1 scholarships. There is no way that there will be room for everyone to get a scholarship, and therefore guys are going to get squeezed.

4) All of these things bringing "free agency" close to reality for players basically enhances the advantages the schools have. Certain players/teams/positions will still make the majority of the money and it will be even easier to run kids off than ever before (encouraging kids to enter the portal, etc.).

Agree with all of this *

On your third point

I agree with you, but for different reasons.

According to people that track the data, there are more players going from P5 to G5 than from G5 to P5. Considering the small sample size, I would say that definitely has held true at Notre Dame--we've had many guys transfer out to smaller programs, while we have only brought a handful of guys in from P5 programs.

What I think the big schools are doing is using the transfer portal to manage players off the roster, while backfilling them with incoming recruits. Some programs, such as Houston, are definitely going to use the transfer portal as a de facto waiver wire (to get better faster), but I don't think we are seeing too many cases of that across the country.

while I don't disagree

and in fact would have a few recent examples to share if you want, I think that changing the rules to allow for a one time transfer without sitting out without having to have graduated will change things.

Schools like Notre Dame can and will pick and choose, but I can see adding a qb every few years, or a wr here or there, or a pass rusher on defense.