The effect of the transfer portal on high school recruiting

[temery]

This should help matters LOL.

Allow five years, but freshman can't play, and transfers have to sit a year.

 

[UDann]

Understood, but baseball is a different animal. First, MLB takes much of the top tier straight out of high school. Second, the vast majority of the best college players are again draft eligible and leave after junior year. Lastly, it’s a partial scholarship sport. D1 teams get 10-12 scholarhips for the entire roster. Many kids can do as well or better with financial aid to a lower level school (athletically, not necessarily academically) as with a D1 scholarship. As a result, the gaps between D1 and D2 and between D2 and D3 are smaller. While MLB players from D2 or D3 are still unusual, they are common and the minors are littered with them. top college teams can also use them to fill in leadership gaps left by highly drafted juniors.

All valid points but we had to pony up a year for post grad. While he got a substantial scholarship it was still about what UConn costs. Prep schools are not cheap but he had a great experience although scholastically he didn’t need it.

FYI NCAA will now allow 34 full scholarships starting next year. Unfortunately it does mean a school will make the money available.

 

[TheDrifter75]

Allow five years, but freshman can't play, and transfers have to sit a year.

Didn't they go to court over making transfers sit a year?

 

[ZooCougar]

Didn't they go to court over making transfers sit a year?

Yup. And the reason why the NCAA doesn’t enforce rules anymore is because when they do, they get sued for it.

 

[Patman]

Yup. And the reason why the NCAA doesn’t enforce rules anymore is because when they do, they get sued for it.

again, with feeling, all of this is an absolute joke.

 

[Yo_ho_ho_'n_Rum]

It's no way to run a railroad. And according to our "friend" Mike Farrell, it is drastically reducing the amount of scholarship offers being made to high school seniors. Easier for most teams to recruit from the portal, especially those with deep pockets.

Double edged sword, the top tier recruits get paid. The second and third tier seek out Maura. Sit at Alaba or start at Connecticut. Let the power four do the work in high-school. UConn will sort through and take the potential. Yay NIL, no money or time for second string...welcome to UConn.