UConn Transfer Portal

[BullDawg]

Ironic as hell. Capitalism run rampant and unregulated and we are talking about collectives. What I want to know is how these things are structured. Who has signature authority? Are they LLC's and do they have to have a vote on each allocation? Holy sheesh, the potential for king makers and lords of the realm, corruption, and abuse is just mind blowing.

I think most are LLCs.
Edited to add: and the big time universities often have multiple collectives

 

[UConnJim]

Disagree. UConn doesn't have receivers who can get free this year because UConn's collectives do not have enough money to pay the going rate for them from the portal. That was stated openly in HCJM's last presser.

I think that's one part, but if we were throwing the ball around, UConn would be much more attractive to WRs

 

[Husky68]

Would Houston leave if he thought the offensive scheme he was trying to operate in made sense? He seemed to play hurt last year if at all able to, then this year deciding to hang it up.
Hope he finds what he wants. UConn's offense is astoundingly poorly done, no "better execution" short of getting Jim Brown or Cam Newton is going to make it work.

 

[Rdkid]

Does anyone think UConn football has the history and interest to spoon out millions of dollars to players via a collective? If this is the world we live in to become a P-whatever, we are heading toward a 40-50 team professional “college” league. One that UConn is not in. We can and will pay 20 basketball players market rate (men’s and women’s), but not 80 football players. Nobody will care about a 40-team professional “college” basketball league. The 64+ team tourney is college basketball. UConn football at this highest level is doomed - by less fault of its own than critics assign. The deck is stacked. What comes next after this CFB implosion will be interesting. We’ll see which institutions really love the sport of CFB and which ones just love the money and exposure.

 

[kibblesnbits]

Does anyone think UConn football has the history and interest to spoon out millions of dollars to players via a collective? If this is the world we live in to become a P-whatever, we are heading toward a 40-50 team professional “college” league. One that UConn is not in. We can and will pay 20 basketball players market rate (men’s and women’s), but not 80 football players. Nobody will care about a 40-team professional “college” basketball league. The 64+ team tourney is college basketball. UConn football at this highest level is doomed - by less fault of its own than critics assign. The deck is stacked. What comes next after this CFB implosion will be interesting. We’ll see which institutions really love the sport of CFB and which ones just love the money and exposure.

The coming college professional football league, with 40 or so members and any others serving as a minor league that supplies less heralded players that transfer up for $$ after they prove themselves and take transfers down that were run off by "the big league", is of zero interest to me. If I want professional football we already have the NFL. I'm already far less interested in college ball than I used to be and this may be the final season where I care at all.

 

[Dizzy21]

I think he quit on them. Looked like he was having a good time as we were getting killed out there.

Never before have I posted anything about any player choosing to leave UConn that was negative.

But Houston, don’t the door hit you on the way out…. Life is about commitments and standing by your teammates and you failed this test.

It seemed curious that if he was actually sick, they would let him hang around the team and get them all sick.

 

[UCan3]

One rule I think would be worth consideration is taking a look at the Free Tuition, boarding and fees when a player transfers. Almost something akin to a team leaving a conference - they pay on the way out.

What I like about this is that it would bring some fairness to the system. A player comes, takes advantage of all there is to offer than splits mid-season?

These redshirts, like Houston, come at some cost to the university as well - think about all the money and resources that went into developing Houston (he was out most of all last year in rehab (at UConn expense) and then he leaves us like this - midseason? When he was our #1 option at RB - disgraceful IMO.

Before you post this, I know we too get players from Transfer portal - I stick by this proposal.

Because this “let me split for another program” should have some consequence.

 

[Bomber36]

My fear is that these guys are leaving because they have zero confidence in the coaching staff, particularly the OC. That could be the virus we need to worry about.

 

[AllThings34]

I don’t even know how to spell your relative’s first name or even what state he is from. The only Superfan is you.

Have a great life at Shoe Carnival.

lol, I’ll be sure to invite you to the draft party….fanboy.

 

[How Sway?!]

One rule I think would be worth consideration is taking a look at the Free Tuition, boarding and fees when a player transfers. Almost something akin to a team leaving a conference - they pay on the way out.

What I like about this is that it would bring some fairness to the system. A player comes, takes advantage of all there is to offer than splits mid-season?

These redshirts, like Houston, come at some cost to the university as well - think about all the money and resources that went into developing Houston (he was out most of all last year in rehab (at UConn expense) and then he leaves us like this - midseason? When he was our #1 option at RB - disgraceful IMO.

Before you post this, I know we too get players from Transfer portal - I stick by this proposal.

Because this “let me split for another program” should have some consequence.

...Houston played in 10 games last year and was our second leading rusher

 

[Husker Husky]

This "Brotherhood!" shout they do, just replace it with "Motherlode!". Or as Cardinal Richelieu said, "One for all, and more for me." Schools have gotten rich off student athletes for decades, so the tables should skew towards the player, but now some students are no better than mercenaries.

I'm all for NIL. I'd just like to see something like, take NIL $ and forfeit your scoly. Pay tuition, R&B, pay for meals etc. In other words, be like any other poor bastard working jobs and going to school.

 

[AllThings34]

It seemed curious that if he was actually sick, they would let him hang around the team and get them all sick.

I don’t think it was anything contagious that required multiple bags of iv fluid..who knows. I’m more concerned that he’s still a subject of conversation…God speed and good riddance.

 

[AllThings34]

Would Houston leave if he thought the offensive scheme he was trying to operate in made sense? He seemed to play hurt last year if at all able to, then this year deciding to hang it up.
Hope he finds what he wants. UConn's offense is astoundingly poorly done, no "better execution" short of getting Jim Brown or Cam Newton is going to make it work.

That’s actually an interesting perspective…never thought of it that way.

 

[KryHavok]

I'd just like to see something like, take NIL $ and forfeit your scoly. Pay tuition, R&B, pay for meals etc.

I cannot love these two sentences enough. Wanna be paid, okay, no more free rides!!!

 

[RSTuthill]

Anyone think, or is this already implied in this discussion, that some other school has called Houston and offered him a lot more money to play for them next year if he saved a year of eligibility? Is that the undercurrent floating around not explicitly expressed?

 

[Scoe]

This one hurts players aren’t built like Jackson Mitchell. Brewton leavin umm ok whatever but Houston leaving sucks. With thousands of players hitting the portal, and Houston coming back means he trusted Mora and even Charlton.

Transferring during a season is weak in my opinion but this reality and I hope this is a slap in the face to Mora to wake up and do some soul searching. It’s time for Mora to take over and he needs to finish the rest of season with anger and take that anger into the off-season.

 

[RSTuthill]

And I am guessing that if boosters want to bypass the collectives and fund players directly, the moral equivalent of collectives, who the hell is gonna be checking? Certainly not the NCAA who have turned a blind eye for decades.

 

[gars44]

I cannot love these two sentences enough. Wanna be paid, okay, no more free rides!!!

Why not just keep the discussion grounded in reality? None of this stuff is gonna happen in your or my lifetime. Why wish for it? The starship took off and we’re not on it, unless some Phil Nike type comes along and bails the program out.

 

[RSTuthill]

Why not just keep the discussion grounded in reality? None of this stuff is gonna happen in your or my lifetime. Why wish for it? The starship took off and we’re not on it, unless some Phil Nike type comes along and bails the program out.

Don't be so sure. The ACC is gonna need more schools shortly.

 

[businesslawyer]

Ironic as hell. Capitalism run rampant and unregulated and we are talking about collectives. What I want to know is how these things are structured. Who has signature authority? Are they LLC's and do they have to have a vote on each allocation? Holy sheesh, the potential for king makers and lords of the realm, corruption, and abuse is just mind blowing.

Whoever sets them up get to make the rules. And then others can contribute based on those rules or not. Freedom of contract.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I think there's two plausible scenarios in terms of Houston's departure:

1- he got recruited by another school dangling NIL for next year, or

2- Mora called him out for lack of hustle in practice/bad effort or behavior and he couldn't stand the heat and quit.

My gut tells me it's #2.

 

[uconnfan68]

Exactly what I was thinking. But the schools with power were always going to shape the rules to their advantage. So this is what we have got. In a couple years UConn will be playing at the FCS level. And BB will be in danger in a few years unless a billionaire benefactor comes along to save it. But there are a lot better ways to spend one's money at a university than sports.

I’m just glad I don’t need to support it.

 

[RSTuthill]

I think there's two plausible scenarios in terms of Houston's departure:

1- he got recruited by another school dangling NIL for next year, or

2- Mora called him out for lack of hustle in practice/bad effort or behavior and he couldn't stand the heat and quit.

My gut tells me it's #2.

My gut tells me it is both. Lotta fragile egos these days.

 

[RedStickHusky]

So, are college athletes signed with agents now? If so, they're all probably hearing "we can do better" every day.

 

[Chin Diesel]

If PJ Fleck is worried about his team becoming a AAA team due to not having enough NIL money, does that make UConn Hartford Twilight League baseball?

 

[phillionaire]

If PJ Fleck is worried about his team becoming a AAA team due to not having enough NIL money, does that make UConn Hartford Twilight League baseball?

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Guess his players don't like being paid in Fleck bucks

 

[Bomber36]

 

[RSTuthill]

Whoever sets them up get to make the rules. And then others can contribute based on those rules or not. Freedom of contract.

What are the NCAA reporting requirements, do we know? Both for the collectives and individual players paid by collectives? Are any of the payments in the public domain? Do we have any sense at all what the going rates are for various positions and skill levels? Do we have a sense of what the current UConn players are making?

 

[Stinger92860]

And, you may be able to attract a top rated local QB like Dan Orlovsky.

DO would be out of his mind if he were to give up his current gig and jump into a burning dumpster.

You need to find and bring in up and coming coaches. Which MAC teams could we beat? How are these schools putting significantly better offensive teams on the field. I believe it’s now clear that Charlton is not the answer.

 

[Ldandy]

I think there's two plausible scenarios in terms of Houston's departure:

1- he got recruited by another school dangling NIL for next year, or

2- Mora called him out for lack of hustle in practice/bad effort or behavior and he couldn't stand the heat and quit.

My gut tells me it's #2.

#3 Players have only so many seasons of eligibility to showcase themselves for the next level, while also trying to make the most out of their experience as a college athlete.

I preface my comments by saying that I root for UConn Football. I've adopted them as my second program, and I want them to succeed. That said I am not an alum or an all sports die hard, so I feel that I can be a little more objective about what I am watching on Saturday Afternoons. Right now, the offense is bad. Like really bad. Sadly, it does not look like something that can be fixed over a short period of time. It also does not look like it would be any fun to be a part of as a player. With the rules that are in place allowing redshirts and transfers I'm not surprised that kids on that side of the ball are weighing their options. Hopefully Mora can stabilize things and make the necessary corrections in the offseason. Fagano and Roberson are not even close to serviceable for this level of competition. Charlton isn't even worth discussing. Find a QB, any QB be it Zion, Tucker or somebody in the portal, and give the supporting cast hope that something positive can get going on Offense.