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Message: [QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 4300904, member: 8101"] As to the athletes in the portal that won’t find new schools, I’m not disagreeing with the OP, but I do think the situation is difficult and nuanced for three reasons. 1. Early signing for high school is November and regular signing is April. Even the spring date is before “most” college athletes have entered the portal. As a college coach, you are taking a gamble if you decide to wait for the portal to complete your roster rather than sign high school athletes that you know you can get. 2. Outside of the very top athletes, nearly all recruiting is local/regional. It’s true for two reasons. The first is that smaller schools have smaller recruiting budgets and are less likely to go after far away kids that they probably won’t get. The second is that the athletes themselves want to play with their families can see them. It’s unlikely to see a transfer from the University of Vermont go to New Mexico State. And the athlete has to want to play for a particular coach. 3. Basketball isn’t the only consideration. The school has to be a good fit academically. You probably won’t see a transfer from the University of Albany to Cornell. Because of these things, for most schools pool of potential transfers is small and for most athletes the pool of potential schools is small. It will be interesting to see historically in three or four years how many freshman played Womens D1 college basketball each year compared to the years before Covid eligibility rules. Only then will we know the impact of the extra year of eligibility. The portal will likely result in some regional shuffling and a few eye popping transfers in marquis programs each year. I don’t think it will permanently change the landscape. Coaching moves will have a bigger impact [/QUOTE]

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