Non-UConn transfer portal

[Rich]

I will be in the minority on this for sure.


but the way college football is heading, I would be ok if we just blew this whole thing up, and sent everyone home.
Everything that made college football great, is going away.
I get the kids needed to make money, but i'm starting to see that college football's beauty in ages past, came from the fact that BIG money wasn't a part of the equation. The only currency you had was school pride and the prestige of playing the next big bowl game.

Unfortunately it became a chicken/egg problem where the beautiful things DO generate fan interest & thus money. So, who gets the money? I don't thnk college coaches should make 10M/year. This isn't the NFL. it just isn't. So, the talent will go down MASSIVELY, accordingly. both coaching and on-field talent.
And I'm ok with that.

I just want to cheer for my school (go "state"!), beat our rivals, and visit campus every once in a while and buy a t-shirt. If we by some miracle could convince the nfl-caliber talent kids to stil play for a college, amazing. But if not, the whole thing becomes ivy-league-esque (competitive, tradition rich, and forever AMATEUR in nature).

The way things are currently going, with free-cash to kids and no governance, the name of the school on the jersey is literally meaningless. it's just colored laundry for a paycheck, until the paycheck runs out. Then it's NEXT.

I have many more thoughts but i'll leave it there.

That is one opinion, and a valid one at that.

Me? I tend to run in the 'To the victor go the spoils until the tar pits go we all' camp.

 

[UCFBfan]

The guy doesn’t realize he’s part of the problem

I truly feel that the biggest loser in the new NIL/Portal age is the SEC. Before, they were the ones paying their players, just not TOO out in the open. Plus, they had such name power that they’d pull in all the top recruits year after year and develop them. Now look, this is the third year a SEC school won’t be in the CFB championship game? Only had one team in the Semis. I’m not saying they are hurting from all of this because they bath in money. However, the B1G has surpassed them and their talent is spreading thin.