Transfer Portal

Going to make the athletic side get more into marketing and getting their brand out there. I think with the internet and social media now. The smaller schools can compete, since eyes aren't solely tied a handful of the traditional broadcasting networks.

Look at what Deion pulled off yesterday.

I think at the lower division schools, stuff like what Deion did will make things even more unequal. Deion reportedly got that kid hooked up with a $1 million deal before he ever plays a down of college football. If that’s the cost to compete in the FCS now, and only a few FCS programs turn any profit, imagine how much Alabama is going to need to pay out next year to keep all those 4 and 5 stars coming.

Ding ding ding!!!And we have a winner!!!!!!
dirtiest secret in “amateur sports.”

The big point is that it's not only no longer a secret, it's now a marketable of the sport. Any company in the world can tell a kid "I will sponsor you if you go to __(insert school here)__.  It used to be facilities and perks (and secret sex parties) that would attract a recruit. Now it's an endorsement deal.

So YES, Deion has an advantage. YES, lincoln riley can pull whoever he wants to USC with any and all SoCal money he can find. Reggie Bush's family wouldn't have had to accept a house from a 3rd party, Reggie would have gotten a check handed to him at a photo op, and he'd be in the Heisman House commercials to this day. Cam Newton's dad wouldn't have taken $250k from Miss St, and Miss St wouldn't have had to try and buy off Mr Newton. Instead, their offer would have just been politely refused.


The recruiting element of the sport has changed almost overnight.  

Every program that has or has had success outside the DNA Charity bank rolling through their district, Has deep pockets attached to it. And it last longer than the dna charity bank. Colorado was attached to budweiser or some beer thing for years under mccartney. My first boss had parents who wrote checks for anything he wanted..

It makes the recruiting process even more about people….hmm

Simply make it the OFFICIAL minor leagues and divorce the schools from it.

The players, coaches and ADs don't want to do that though. I can guarantee you that NIL deals wouldn't be flowing to the Little Elm Rangers or other smaller metro areas and make $15k.

The schools already HAVE the deals with the media. It would be NOTHING for them to simply say no players with NIL contracts are eligible. Period. Transfer portal should stay.

It's time for the NFL to simply mimic MLB and draft players and assign them to minor league teams for development.

Players can get money in terms of signing bonuses and remove the illusion of school for those that don't want it. Colleges get to live off of the BRAND that the school has. I love my alma mater. I don't care if 5-star McGillicutty comes and plays. I'll watch him on Sundays. I want to see MY university beat our rival...mostly, fair and square.

Coaches can coach for mid 200k and make it literally a step up from some of the HS programs. No more $50m contracts for them either. We are all on this board and can agree that we have met coaches at the HS level that could ABSOLUTELY hack it at the top level....outside of the poisonous nature of the venture.

The problem that I have...and have had with this nonsense is that it has trickled down into the HS level. I try to enjoy the "purity" of football and all of this dreck makes me sick. And I'm sure that someone is going to start posting things they've read about numerous coaches in D1 that cheated and pay for play...and this idiocy that a SCHOLARSHIP isn't actually payment. BULL. I went to college on a D1 athletic scholarship and NEVER had any of the issues I've heard spewed all over the place.

I legit used Pell Grant's funds, which were $4k BTW, along with subsidized student loans ($5k a semester if I remember right) along with my stipend in the middle of a major American city....perfectly. $7k a semester with a toddler. Got my degrees....and have gotten so much help from my school's alumni.....enough about me.

This is horrible. I love the game. Can we not try to keep SOMETHING a bit pure? A bit?

Why would the NFL pay for something that they get for free now?

I don't think colleges would want to potentially "kill" the golden goose...especially not the people that reap the benefits from that goose.  I agree with you in that I think two "easy" solutions would bring college football to an unprecedented level of "purity" (for lack of a better term):
1)  HC salaries capped at about $200,000.  Athletic Admin Salaries capped at about $140,000.  
2)  Instant and binding offer procedure regarding recruiting.  Do it through a clearinghouse.  School initiates offer through clearing house.  When athlete accepts, it is binding.  Want to offer a 7th grader, great. He accepts and it is binding.  He never grows, well shucks.  Want to accept an "offer" because of a particular coach (and not the school).  Great.  He bolts? Well Shucks.  (The second provision doesn't sit with me as well if the salaries are still the current market value) 

The deal was still set up by Deion, so even though the school didn’t pay it directly, Deion is still responsible and the kid is signing fhere because he got it hooked up.

As an aside, reports are now saying it was actually $2 million that the kid is getting. Arch Manning will probably be able to land an 8 figure deal in a few years.

Schools are going to have to hire people just to set these 18-23 year old kids up with big endorsement deals as part of the recruiting process if they want to stay competitive.

That’s going to add up fast, especially in an era where schools must spend millions in booster donations to constantly upgrade their facilities in order to stay in the recruiting arms’ race.

Something has to give.