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The portal is out of control

Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:01 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
54150 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:01 pm
Something has to change in all sports
Posted by Queen City Tiger
Banks Of The Ohio
Member since Mar 2022
195 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:03 pm to
Thanks for sharing
Posted by TigerMonkey7
Member since Jul 2021
4213 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:17 pm to
lol at this point last year there was even more players than this year
Posted by BigC LSU
Pittsburgh
Member since Oct 2025
1484 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:32 pm to
quote:

Something has to change in all sports
You going to be okay?
Posted by Underteaux
Member since Feb 2024
886 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:40 pm to
If LSU were a smaller program I’d maybe be annoyed, but it’s kinda nice being able to turnover some meh players
Posted by GetmorewithLes
UK Basketball Fan
Member since Jan 2011
22332 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:42 pm to
Iowa State has 17 players right now...
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
62782 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:56 pm to
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
32150 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:58 pm to
we have 18 in the portal
Posted by moock blackjack
Member since Apr 2008
111292 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:00 pm to
But how many does Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, A&M, Texas and ole Miss have
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
20091 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:09 pm to
What happens to the players that dont find a school? No way all the kids that enter from every school across the country find a new place to play. What happens to those kids? Their football career is just over?
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
65254 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:11 pm to
Iowa state has 42 in the portal

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This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 8:12 pm
Posted by GeauxFish31
Member since May 2024
2698 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:11 pm to
Bleed some more
Posted by Sev09
Nantucket
Member since Feb 2011
15807 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 10:54 pm to
quote:

lol at this point last year there was even more players than this year


Yes, but was it this many starters/elite players?
Posted by chadr07
Pineville, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
12825 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 1:03 am to
I haven’t noticed many “elite” players yet in the portal. I’ve noticed some potentially good ones, but not elite like a Caleb Downs, Jeremiah Smith, Fernando Mendoza or a Jeremiyah Love.
Posted by Reagan80
Earth
Member since Feb 2023
1910 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 6:21 am to
The court will not allow changes. If anything, it will get worse. Anything that’s done will be viewed as violating federal law. Congress would have to enact exemptions like pro football to allow a pay cap or restrictions to free agency. The players and their agents run college football now.
Posted by IM_4_LSU
Savannah, GA
Member since Mar 2014
12777 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:52 am to
Its going to happen eventually but the NCAA is going to have to be forced to do so. Need a Commissioner of College Football to set more rules and regulations in place. Should only be able to transfer once and have immediate eligibility and have to at least be on a team for 2 years out of high school before entering the portal. The exemptions are if your Coach gets fired or leaves (Head Coach).

If you graduate then you can transfer again with immediate eligibility.

Don't see it happening anytime soon but this whole mess was because the NCAA did not release NIL with regulations for what it was intended for. Instead it was passed by Government so it was allowed with zero regulations which made it the wild west and the portal has only made this worse. If the NCAA had done this before being forced to there could have been more regulations in place and we would not have this chaos every year.
Posted by Kool Kaliper
Mansfield, TX
Member since Nov 2018
3025 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 7:57 am to
You are correct but "It is what it is".
Posted by Bedtiger
Thibodaux
Member since Dec 2018
577 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:00 am to
Relham10: good question, they probably end up at a G5 school.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53122 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:07 am to
quote:

Iowa State has 17 players right now...

I wonder when we'll eventually have a team have to forfeit a season because they don't have enough players?
Posted by MOT
Member since Jul 2006
30559 posts
Posted on 12/30/25 at 8:15 am to
NIL can’t be regulated unless the business and player are dumb enough to put in writing that their agreement is contingent on the player playing at a particular school.

It is either a free for all or nothing. The NCAA knew that which is why they chose for it to be “nothing” until forced by the government.
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