All Things 2025/26 College Football Transfer Portal Thread

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GophersInIowa said:
At a minimum, he had to know it might happen. It's just a weird decision. I suppose he can redshirt now if he wants.
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I wonder if there was any concern on his part of not being recovered by the start of next season? He did say he would be willing to sit out a year behind Moore if he came back, will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I wonder if there was any concern on his part of not being recovered by the start of next season? He did say he would be willing to sit out a year behind Moore if he came back, will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.
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That is a good point.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Seeing players attend 5 schools over the course of their college career is insane. What a weird time in college athletics.

And the sad part is that when it is all said and done a guy like this will probably have attended all these different schools for free and have nothing to show for it with the exception of whatever pay for play money he was able to accumulate while bouncing from place to place. Because you know in cases like this academics are not even in the equation.
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He will still get a free education at his final school if he wants it, even after his playing days
 

Ski-U-Ham said:
Tell @GSUsTALON hi for us
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I'm always lurking and checking in on the GOPHERS. The season didn't go well for either of us. I hope GSU's head coach is gone after next year. Has anyone watched any Navy games this year? I want their OC, a very good DC, and a great staff for both of them. Give them 5 years, and if we don't go at least 9-3 in our 4th and 5th years, beating at least 1 P5 team both years, you won't hear me b1t*hing any more about the Flex T-Option

I hope the GOPHERS recruit most excellently this year and win your conference next year!


FRIEND TALON from GEORGIA SOUTHRN University!

PARTY ON GOPHERS!!!!!!!!!!
 




NotAFanOfBecky said:
This is Nuckin’ Futs! I can’t believe how many players are out there. I feel like you should be able to field a hell of a team as there has to be some talent amongst them…that’s a lot of
players!
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The Trans Portal is a backstabbing piece of $hit!
 


This clip from Rich Eisen’s show details how many are in the portal and the primary issue, unregulated agents,who require no type of licensure -

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ESPN CFB analyst Josh Pate and Rich Eisen discuss the career-ending risk some players take when entering the Transfer Portal.Tune in to the Emmy-nominated Ri...
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Gopher_In_NYC said:
This clip from Rich Eisen’s show details how many are in the portal and the primary issue, unregulated agents,who require no type of licensure -

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Josh Pate Explains the Dark Side of the CFB Transfer Portal

ESPN CFB analyst Josh Pate and Rich Eisen discuss the career-ending risk some players take when entering the Transfer Portal.Tune in to the Emmy-nominated Ri...
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Programs paying agents not to tell the kid (their client) about offers is really, really bad. Those people should be kicked out of college sports.
 


GophersInIowa said:
It’s not at all surprising this is happening.
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The schools and NCAA don’t care about the players.

If it’s good enuff for the NFL players, it should obviously be implemented for college players as well.

I’m surprised the NCAA hasn’t been sued yet for this negligence. It’s just so damn dirty now.
 

It's the equivalent of rookies in the NFL hiring their best buddy or family friend as an agent/financial advisor/etc and basically losing all their cash. We're seeing a modern day version of parts of the ESPN 50 for 50 documentary "Broke."
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
The schools and NCAA don’t care about the players.

If it’s good enuff for the NFL players, it should obviously be implemented for college players as well.

I’m surprised the NCAA hasn’t been sued yet for this negligence. It’s just so damn dirty now.
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The players went to the courts to install this system, not sure they should be appealing to the ncaa to protect them. If they listen to bad advice that’s on them. Everyone on this message board realizes your spot is likely not going to be held while you put out feelers in the portal for more money, should be obvious to the players.
 


btowngopher said:
The players went to the courts to install this system,
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Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.
btowngopher said:
not sure they should be appealing to the ncaa to protect them.
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Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?

btowngopher said:
If they listen to bad advice that’s on them.
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That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.


btowngopher said:
Everyone on this message board realizes your spot is likely not going to be held while you put out feelers in the portal for more money, should be obvious to the players.
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You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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Gopher_In_NYC said:
Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.

Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?



That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.



You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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Good points that people keep driving past.

I can remember when Kain Colter (maybe not the first guy, but along with O'Bannon) started to get the ball rolling on a lot of this and a good portion of the college football fan base were aghast. These guys get scholarships after all and they should just be grateful to let a bunch of has-beens and wannabes in suits are raking in the cash they are generating.

The NCAA could have gotten in front of this and chose not to. Maybe we still end up where we're at now, but the path to get there could have been managed and guardrails put in place to avoid a lot of the confusion we're experiencing if the jockocracy had used better sense instead of stonewalling the players' efforts.
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.

Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?



That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.



You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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Life lessons.
 


Gopher_In_NYC said:
Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.

Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?



That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.



You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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Gopher_In_NYC said:
Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.

Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?



That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.



You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?

That's the problem. The players sued to be treated like adults and get to sit at the table. The NCAA doesn't exist to protect every player from the very thing they asked for. The players need a union and they need to make rules about who can be agents. It will happen eventually, but until then, its a shit show. But I'm sick of the athletes only wanting the sunshine without realizing there's a lot of shade too.
 

Sparlimb said:
Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?

That's the problem. The players sued to be treated like adults and get to sit at the table. The NCAA doesn't exist to protect every player from the very thing they asked for. The players need a union and they need to make rules about who can be agents. It will happen eventually, but until then, its a shit show. But I'm sick of the athletes only wanting the sunshine without realizing there's a lot of shade too.
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Hopefully you feel better now😉,

My point, which I thought was apparent, was that the NCAA, as the governing body of college athletics, is in charge of the rules/regulations, ergo, not the athletes.

They whiffed on doing that initially, as noted expertly by @50PoundHead. You apparently forgot that included when NW football team tried to unionize in 2014. Hence the Kain Colter reference by Fifty, and was sacked in that attempt. The school, NCAA, and all the powers that could be were lined up against that effort, so maybe next time you need to use the spar spar 🦵 🥳before complaining about those meddlesome kids🤷‍♂️

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Fate of the Union: How Northwestern football union nearly came to be

When a former UCLA linebacker and a Northwestern quarterback joined forces to start a labor movement among college athletes, they rattled the NCAA to its very foundation.
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Gopher_In_NYC said:
Hopefully you feel better now😉,

My point, which I thought was apparent, was that the NCAA, as the governing body of college athletics, is in charge of the rules/regulations.

They whiffed on doing that initially, as noted expertly by @50PoundHead. You apparently forgot that included when NW football team tried to unionize in 2014. Hence the Kain Colter reference by Fifty, and was sacked in that attempt. The school, NCAA, and all the powers that could be were lined up against that effort, so maybe next time you need to use the spar spar 🦵 🥳before complaining about those meddlesome kids🤷‍♂️

www.si.com

Fate of the Union: How Northwestern football union nearly came to be

When a former UCLA linebacker and a Northwestern quarterback joined forces to start a labor movement among college athletes, they rattled the NCAA to its very foundation.
www.si.com www.si.com
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Once a fan realizes the NCAA and member schools don’t want NIL and revenue sharing to be successful, the dysfunction makes all the sense in the world.
 

50PoundHead said:
Good points that people keep driving past.
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Thanks and I appreciate your thoughtful and detailed reply.
50PoundHead said:
I can remember when Kain Colter (maybe not the first guy, but along with O'Bannon) started to get the ball rolling on a lot of this and a good portion of the college football fan base were aghast.
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I still remember reading the article about O’Bannon in SI when he went to play the college basketball game made by EA Sports, that was licensed through the NCAA. And him being dumbfounded as he stared at his stats/likeness and realizing everyone was making buck off of him and how that wasn’t fair to him or any other college athlete.



50PoundHead said:
These guys get scholarships after all and they should just be grateful to let a bunch of has-beens and wannabes in suits are raking in the cash they are generating.
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it’s stealing in my book.

50PoundHead said:
The NCAA could have gotten in front of this and chose not to. Maybe we still end up where we're at now, but the path to get there could have been managed and guardrails put in place to avoid a lot of the confusion we're experiencing if the jockocracy had used better sense instead of stonewalling the players' efforts.
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It’s created a dung pile that collegiate athletics may never crawl out of. And all they wanted was some respect and compensation🤦‍♂️
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
Please show me a link where they specifically requested that “agents” didn’t need to be licensed or that this be the specific model being used.

They went to court to make sure the NCAA wasn’t profiting off of their NIL.

Whom should they be appealing to for protection then?



That’s a pretty harsh take; did you not make bad choices when you were in your late teens/early twenties? If no, you may be the first I’ve ever met then. I was given numerous second chances, so I like to be generous with others.



You mean grown azz middle aged men🤷‍♂️


I’m much more concerned with protecting college students from vultures who are looking to take advantage of them; that’s why there are laws and regulations - to protect people from those who look to take advantage of them.

If you don’t believe in the above, then why don’t you just come out and admit that you’re one of these guys 😉🤣 -

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They could appeal to state law or the university to protect them. Not sure on incentive for the ncaa. Also not sure “predatory unlicensed agents” are more than a drop in the bucket when looking at the portal numbers. Honestly, I think the majority just hate where they are and instead of grinding through opt for what they view as an easy road to greener grasses.
 

btowngopher said:
They could appeal to state law or the university to protect them. Not sure on incentive for the ncaa. Also not sure “predatory unlicensed agents” are more than a drop in the bucket when looking at the portal numbers. Honestly, I think the majority just hate where they are and instead of grinding through opt for what they view as an easy road to greener grasses.
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We’ll agree to disagree, my friend.
 

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