Moving the portal to after the season wouldn't help with bowl games, right?

[18IsTheMan]

I've seen some folks commenting that the NCAA needs to move the portal to after the season to cut down on some of the chaos with bowl teams losing player to the portal. But that wouldn't actually matter, right? You now have players quitting mid-season, with intent to enter the portal, so you'd still have all the same players quitting before bowls, right?

It would make it less chaotic for coaches to have to navigate the portal and recruiting and bowl prep and all that at the same time, but I don't see it actually doing anything to stem the tide of players entering the portal before bowl games.

 

[Gamecock72]

The portal window is not changing unless they address the issue it would cause with enrolment. Right now it is set between semesters so players can get enrolled before the new semester. Sure the new semester does not start until after bowl games, it is really not that much time between bowl games and the new semester. If they waited until after bowl games it would only give a few days for visits and such. Not sure how feasible that would be. At some point with the changes in the landscape, these players might not be students anymore, but as of now, they are still student-athletes and the academic side of things can't be forgotten. It is not like a regular job where you can change places of employment whenever you want, they still have to consider the class enrolment side of things.

 

[18IsTheMan]

The portal window is not changing unless they address the issue it would cause with enrolment. Right now it is set between semesters so players can get enrolled before the new semester. Sure the new semester does not start until after bowl games, it is really not that much time between bowl games and the new semester. If they waited until after bowl games it would only give a few days for visits and such. Not sure how feasible that would be. At some point with the changes in the landscape, these players might not be students anymore, but as of now, they are still student-athletes and the academic side of things can't be forgotten. It is not like a regular job where you can change places of employment whenever you want, they still have to consider the class enrolment side of things.

It's kind of funny that's even still held up as a consideration. Every other decision that has been made has been detrimental to the welfare of the student athlete.

 

[Piscis]

The next step is going to be no "portal window", players will be able to leave whenever they want to.

 

[treyno2722]

They should wait until the College season is over. Look at Penn State, their backup QB entered the portal.

 

[atl-cock]

The next step is going to be no "portal window", players will be able to leave whenever they want to.

The next step will be contracts outlining when you can leave, and penalties for premature quitting.

 

[Gamecock72]

The next step will be contracts outlining when you can leave, and penalties for premature quitting.

But will not happen without a CBA. College football really needs a CBA.

 

[atl-cock]

The next step will be contracts outlining when you can leave, and penalties for premature quitting.

But will not happen without a CBA. College football really needs a CBA.

Is CBA the next step?

 

[Gamecock72]

Is CBA the next step?

I do not know if it is the next, but it is a necessary step. Of course that would mean that the players form a players union. I just see no way to bring in the wild wild west portal, NIL and the other things that have happened due to the NCAA sticking their heads in the sand for decades.

 

[Gamecock72]

 

[KingWard]

The next step will be contracts outlining when you can leave, and penalties for premature quitting.

That's EXACTLY what needs to happen. But resetting the portal vis-a-vis the end of the season and the academic calendar needs to happen in any case. The sports types and academic types are going to have to get together.

 

[18IsTheMan]

That's EXACTLY what needs to happen. But resetting the portal vis-a-vis the end of the season and the academic calendar needs to happen in any case. The sports types and academic types are going to have to get together.

Or just stop pretending that academics are part of the equation any longer and drop all academic requirements.

 

[KingWard]

Or just stop pretending that academics are part of the equation any longer and drop all academic requirements.

Academics is a part of it as long as that aspect influences the portal.

 

[Piscis]

Or just stop pretending that academics are part of the equation any longer and drop all academic requirements.

If they drop the academic side, how will it be considered "college" football? I think they need to go in the other direction and double down on the academic side. Make all players have to be admitted to the schools through regular admission channels and enrolled in classes like any regular student BEFORE they are allowed to be put on scholarship and play a sport. Without the academic side, "college" sports would be truly nothing more than a pro league with naming rights from various schools.

The quality of play would suffer but fans would still watch. NIL would become what it was supposed to be, a way for athletes to get paid if they signed autographs or were used in some sort of ad or commercial. The money pumped into college sports would drastically decline and that would bring sanity back to conference affiliation and coaches salaries.

 

[atl-cock]

If they drop the academic side, how will it be considered "college" football? I think they need to go in the other direction and double down on the academic side. Make all players have to be admitted to the schools through regular admission channels and enrolled in classes like any regular student BEFORE they are allowed to be put on scholarship and play a sport. Without the academic side, "college" sports would be truly nothing more than a pro league with naming rights from various schools.

The quality of play would suffer but fans would still watch. NIL would become what it was supposed to be, a way for athletes to get paid if they signed autographs or were used in some sort of ad or commercial. The money pumped into college sports would drastically decline and that would bring sanity back to conference affiliation and coaches salaries.

I would love for them to double down.

Typically, colleges and universities have "bottom line" academic standards below which nobody can be admitted. Unless someone has a "special skill or talent" in academics, demographics, etc. they'll typically have to far exceed the minimum for admission.

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

The next step is going to be no "portal window", players will be able to leave whenever they want to.

They can already leave whenever they want.

The next step will be contracts outlining when you can leave, and penalties for premature quitting.

This is probably true in some form, both related to revenue sharing and also relating to collectives getting smarter about NIL clauses.