Davin Cotton removed name from Transfer Portal

Livingston enters it.

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Livingston enters it.

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I started a thread before reading this one.

DOH

This gives me an idea...

Potentially tie-up other schools numbers with a transfer on the portal, then have him withdraw.

Say school A is in the market for both a DL and a OL, and have room in their 25 for only one. At same time, we are after an OL.

Have a DL enter the portal, converse with School A while we go after that OL... then withdraw from portal.

Apparently there is no penalty for the player or the school for entering and then withdrawing. Only risk is you open your player up to contact with those schools; but if he's solid and playing this game with you that's of little concern.

Also seems a good dangle for NCAA violations. See who offers your player what.

That was one of the initial thoughts that crossed my mind... it’s like a coach entertaining offers from other schools to get a contract raise & renewal.

Indeed, seems very plausible alumni95 and Topeka.

Not only plausible IMHO, but probable. If that hasn't happened yet, it will and it will be fairly frequent I predict.

Part of that will be the age old issue of a player thinking he is better than he is, and while intending to bluff the coaches call that bluff and grant release. Nothing against either side of that, but the system by which CFB obtains it's players (recruiting) produces that. Seen it before, you get woo'd and your ego inflated during the process and then the first summer session in full pads that same position coach is all over your arse. It's not a "kids today" thing; this is as old as leather helmets.

Above is not directly pertaining to Cotton, about whom I am overjoyed at staying. With the right coaching I think he has the physical tools (especially "twitch") to be a starter. But I have a question regarding him- did he not have to be granted release to enter the portal in the first place? Or does release just have to precede, at some point, any point, enrolling in another school?

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did he not have to be granted release to enter the portal in the first place? Or does release just have to precede, at some point, any point, enrolling in another school?

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Good questions... lots of mystery and mystique around the ‘portal’, if not just in the name alone. It just popped up suddenly and now is thrown right in to all of our collective consciousness with little warning or explanation that I’ve seen. (Note: I haven’t asked Mr Google yet about it either to learn more on my own)

You don’t say.....

(Insert Nicholas Cage gif)

Basically a renegotiation. No doubt this will happen if it isnt already.

Ive said it before and this tranfer portal is one of many that apply, the newer rules for football recruiting seem to essentially be the NCAA throwing their hands up and giving up the idea of amatuerism in college football. They all lend themselves to rampant breaking of rules with caveats to cover it. Its strange. Might as well just do away with the rules regarding compensation and counter limits. They contradict each other in so many ways.

Give kids all the freedom to leave their original school, while abolishing limitations placed by the former school, while also limiting their options by making them initial counters at their new school. Meanwhile schools that fill their initial counter limit cant replace kids that can freely leave without limitation after signing day. Its stupid imo.

Im all for kids being able to choose to leave if they feel its in their best interest. My disagreement is that the schools cant replace a veteran with a veteran because of counter limits. A great example is a situation like Texas and their RBs (though not gonna complain in the sense that it helps us in the game next season). They have 3 in the portal and the only recruit they signed had emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain and wont play in 19. If they have filled their counter limit (dont have a clue if they did or didnt) they would have no option to add scholarship players to add depth. I have an issue with that. If a kid transfers that initial counter spot should be retroactively returned to the school if taking a transfer is going to count as one.

Sorry for the novel. Just cant wrap my head around what the end game of these new "player friendly" rules is supposed to be.

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I have an issue with that. If a kid transfers that initial counter spot should be retroactively returned to the school if taking a transfer is going to count as one.

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Problem with that is Bama would then cut about 6-7 guys a year and sign classes of 35. There’s merit to the current system of initial counters being tied to LOIs even if the kid doesn’t show up or transfers, coaches (who get paid a lot more money than athletes) have to evaluate and take a risk. There’s pros and cons to anything they decide to do.