Noticed looking through several D1 College rosters that literally 50% of their recruitment for 2023 came from the transfer portal.
Thats some heavy competition for graduating high school seniors!
not certain I like the always open door policy of wanting to transfer without sitting out a year.
So much fluctuation not enough dedication.
What say DFP
How much recruitment from transfer portal are you seeing?
Every kid that transfers opens up another roster spot at that school, so while it is not totally a zero sum game, it isn't the big deal people are making. It is more the extra years players have got via COVID that has restricted spots and only at certain schools. Not every school has the ability to take the talented player...
And frankly why should movement be restricted. Not restricted if they wanted to study at a different school, or if a coach wants to move or whatever. Why should the school have any call over who and where.
The whole system is stupid. Having elite sports and college together makes zero sense. It makes zero sense your playing career is over at 22-23 yrs of age. Current scholarship rules and limits make zero sense. It is all dumb.
No one else does it this was except in the USA.
Even if we are going to continue down this path - which apparently shows no signs of changing - the NCAA missed a huge opportunity with coming out of COVID. They could have just moved up to 20 scholarships and 6 years of eligibility or any range of other ideas (why not - the limits today are arbitrary) - but instead they just did nothing intelligent like normal.
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