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Message: [QUOTE="kibblesnbits, post: 5158487, member: 97"] That makes no sense. Let’s suppose 5 players transfer from lower level FBS or FCS schools to an upper level FBS team. So the upper level team will bring in 5 fewer freshmen on scholarship. However, those lower level teams will replace those 5 lost scholarship players with 5 more freshmen scholarship players. Are you claiming coaches of lower-level programs will sit around in staff meetings saying “now we’re under our authorized scholarship count but we’re not going to use those slots and blame it on the portal”? Seriously? The only ways the portal can decrease the number of freshman slots (and they will have relatively minor impact) is two-fold: (1) increased transfer liquidity may enable players that would have quit in the past after being dropped from power teams to transfer down to a lower-end scholarship program; and (2) increased liquidity enabling more stars at non-scholarship schools (e.g. Ivies) to transfer to a scholarship program. Both types of transfers occurred pre-portal, but some extra cases may come up because it is easier. They are also temporary transients as any net loss now will be offset by an increase in the open scholarship count in the next few years when they graduate. Total in must still equal total out. [/QUOTE]