Colleges
'A full-time job:' Impacts of the transfer portal
It seems like every day there's a new announcement of a player entering the transfer portal or committing to a new university after entering the portal.
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It seems like every day there's a new announcement of a player entering the transfer portal or committing to a new university after entering the portal.
THE COURAGE TAKE BACK THE LEAD AND THEY WILL HOLD ON 3-2 IS THE FINAL. SPEAK MAC SINCE MARCH WE HAVE HEARD THE TERM TRANSFER PORTAL OVER AND OVER AGAIN. NC STATE, DUKE AND NORTH CAROLINA HAVE ALL LOST PLAYERS TO THE PORTAL BUT THEY HAVE ALL SIGNED PLAYERS FROM THE PORTAL AS WELL WHICH IS PART OF THE EVER-GROWING LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE SPORTS. >> PLAYER MOVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN PLACE IN COLLEGE SPORTS AS LONG AS COACH MOVEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED. >> EVERY DAY THERE'S A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT OF A PLAYER ENTERING THE TRANSFER PORTAL OR COMMITTING TO A NEW SCHOOL AFTER JUST ENTERING THE PORTAL. NCAA PASSED A RULE ALLOWING PLAYERS TO TRANSFER ONE TIME WITHOUT SITTING A YEAR AS PLAYERS ARE GAINING MORE AND MORE POWER. >> IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT PLAYING TIME. NO MATTER WHAT STORE YOU SEE ABOUT A TRANSFER, WALKER KESSLER, YOU NAME IT, IT'S ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. >> OVER 1400 NAMES HAVE ENTERED THE PORTAL IN BASKETBALL THIS YEAR. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT FROM LAST SEASON. IT'S A FULL-TIME JOB TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE NAMES WITH ONE FORMER COACH TELLING ME HE WOULD IMPLEMENT A FULL-TIME JOB JUST TO RECRUIT THE PORTAL. PRZEMEK I WOULD HAVE ONE GUY ON MY STAFF AS A TRANSFER PORTAL GUY. THAT'S HIS JOB. NOW YOU CAN GET A KID WHO TRANSFERS IN AND HAS TO IF HE WANTS TO TRANSFER AGAIN HAS TO SIT YEAR. NOW HE'S MORE MATURE. >> IN BASKETBALL IS RARE TO HAVE STUDENT ATHLETES STAY AT A UNIVERSITY FOR A FULL FOUR YEARS THESE DAYS. EVEN THOUGH PLAYERS CAN USE THE PORTAL TO THEIR BENEFIT, SOMETIMES THEY ARE FORCED TO ENTER THE PORTAL IF COACHES MAKE A BUSINESS DECISION TO MOVE ON FROM THEM SINCE SO MANY OTHER PLAYERS WILL BE AVAILABLE. >> IT'S A SCARY SITUATION FOR EVERYONE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WON'T HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. THEY WILL BE ON SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN. A WILL NOT BE AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY NEXT YEAR. >> THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE IN COLLEGE SPORTS.