Ryan Day says there is no benefit to calling out tampering

The transfer portal is creating an all-new battle for coaches. As they recruit players to their program, they’re also competing with other schools to keep the players already on their roster from hitting the portal and finding a new home. However, even with that being the case, Ryan Day sees no purpose in naming names of those who are attempting to poach his players from Ohio State.

Day spoke about tampering briefly during his press conference on National Signing Day. He said he just wants to focus on his players, including the ones they added yesterday, rather than anything else. From there, they’ll deal with the frustrations that come with tampering in a better, more productive way.

“I just think it’s just not a road that I certainly want to go down. I just don’t think there’s any benefit to it,” said Day. “So what do we do? We just focus on the guys that we signed.”

“There’s a lot of hearsay out there, a lot of people talking about all kinds of different things. That can be frustrating. But we’re just going to focus on our guys right now and just focus on this team.”

Tampering has been a hot topic ever since the additions of NIL and the transfer portal. The money involved with name, image, and likeness creates the perfect bait for programs to lure with while the portal creates the avenue players need to move around freely. That potent combination has become a problem that every program across the country is trying its best to find a solution to.

Still, Day doesn’t see a purpose in putting the information out there about who is contacting his players. He just wants to minimize the attention on that while keeping those who remain Buckeyes as his program’s focal point.