re: This Transfer Portal bullcrap is insane. The NFL doesn't even run like this.

A lot of the posters are just happy because their youngin's are getting rich .

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Then you should want a players union and let everything be collectively bargained.

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There was a day where I would have been 1000% against this but now maybe not a bad idea. Roster control has got to improve.

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Why should coaches be allowed to find a better fit if players aren’t?

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Theres sports leagues in america that operate like this. NFL, NBA, MLB and the NHL make players sign contracts.

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A lot of the posters are just happy because their youngin's are getting rich .

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Why would that be a problem for anyone? Unless jealousy is a factor.

When there is no law, chaos prevails

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create a union and start collective bargaining. Have players apply when they are in high school to be eligible for collective bargaining.

Cant imagine the legal dealings to get this done

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First, the players would have to be legally classified as employees.

Aside from that, there is probably not a lot of immediate incentive for the players to create a union and negotiate "guardrails" on the current structure. This is a GREAT marketplace for them. They can play college football and essentially be perpetual free agents with all the negotiating leverage. Football players don't really want revenue sharing because Title IX will likely require them to share that revenue with other athletes on campus (i.e. the other sports). Title IX also may require that the revenue sharing be equal. Meaning the star QB may have to be paid the same as the right fielder on the softball team. In the current marketplace they can maximize their value.

What brings them to the negotiating table is the threat of college football "going out of business". Meaning you either come to the table to negotiate or we go out of business and you have no marketplace.

Things will likely have to get to an inflection point for the players to form a union. That is the costs of doing business become so high for the schools/conferences that the best option is to simply end the business. We aren't there yet, or really even close (at least with respect to the major conferences) because of the massive TV deals that just kicked in.

You can’t build depth or team chemistry now. This is a big reason why you’re going to see a lot of parity in college football now. You can’t build up a roster like you used to.

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This is a big reason why you’re going to see a lot of parity in college football now.

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Is that a bad thing?

The NFL has the most parity of any of the major sports leagues. Arguably, that keeps more fans invested.

If you are one of the "big market" teams (Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, Texas, etc) you don't want parity because it threatens your stranglehold on the top. But if you have fans in Oregon, Arizona, Iowa, Florida, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Illinois, etc. ALL invested rather than just pockets around the country is that "bad" for the sport as a whole?

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I agree. It really does tear away from the concept of developing players or having depth. Now I will say the product on the field was more fun than it's been in any recent year. We've had over a decade of knowing that alabama, Ohio state, and Georgia were going to be one, two, three and every other school in the country was playing for the fourth playoff spot. It's an exaggeration but you get the point. Watching so many upsets this year was actually pretty fun.


But to your point of building a team or developing players, it will be very difficult. Until it changes, it really is a mercenary League where you have to identify and sign the best players from high school and college every year. I can't imagine being a head coach and literally having to recruit my entire roster every single year back to the program while also recruiting High School kids. Always thought it would be a dream job, but I really don't think I would want to be a college coach in the current environment.