The transfer portal is a good thing for college football

First of all, the most significant players to have played for LSU in the past decade have been transfers: Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels.

Second, we finished 2021 with 43 scholarship athletes with a WR playing QB in a 42-21 loss to a middle tier Big 12 school with one of our TDs coming in the last play of the game. That before the transfer portal era it would akin to the death penalty.

If we were recruiting 25 freshmen at a time like the good old days, we would have hit rock bottom in 2022 and 2023 and interest and money would have waned. The very fact that we went 10-4 next year, won the west and beat Alabama at home was because of the portal.

Third, we are at a disadvantage over the two Texas schools in NIL...you can now recruit a player of 1 year and he can switch his commitment for a few extra bucks on the last day because of NIL...The transfer portal helps us cushion some of these losses.

Fourth, the portal ensures no team is more than 2 deep at any position. That tries to restore some parity in an otherwise increasingly disparate world of "have mores", "haves" and "have nots".

Fifth, the portal makes every years team different from previous years teams. That makes pre-season rankings moot and increases unpredictability. Variety makes the game more fun to watch.

Sixth, it genuinely helps players stuck behind equal or better talent from moving on to somewhere else and showcase their talents. e.g., Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels.