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  • Transfer portal is something I forgot about.

    I’m unfamiliar with the details of how it operates but I think it’s a good idea in general. After all, if non-athletes can transfer whenever they want, and if coaches can take a new job elsewhere without having to sit out, athletes should be able to move around too.

    I am concerned for the vast majority of athletes who aren’t good enough to go pro, because of issues with getting transfer credits to count toward your degree plan, that they may have trouble finishing in four scholarship years.

    I’m also concerned about the potential for abuse of the portal by unscrupulous coaches & athletics administrators.


  • The conference realignment is the hardest part for me to swallow.

    Granted, I’m old enough that I was first paying attention to college football when the Southwest Conference was on its last legs. I miss having conferences that were based on regional rivalries and geographic proximity, instead of wringing every last dollar possible from TV contracts. In that aspect at least, it feels more like NFL-lite than a proper collegiate thing.

    I’m all in favor of things that contribute toward player safety. I also don’t mind at all players having NIL rights and making money off that. I will admit to having concerns about direct player compensation and in effect making them employees of the university. Primarily, I’m worried that at schools which aren’t flush with athletics money, this could lead to non-revenue sports getting dropped, and could also risk Title IX implications in compensation parity among men’s & women’s athletics.

    I went to a D3 school that didn’t have a football team, and in the context of the changing athletics landscape I’m glad I did. My alma mater does have an NIL policy for it’s athletes including timely disclosure of all details, and warnings about tax implications, but we aren’t ever going to be wealthy enough that we’ll pay direct compensation to student athletes.