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It’s crazy / insane that players are jumping into the portal when their team is about to start playoff run.    This has to get addressed soon by conf commissioners to help improve roster stability at pivotal time of year.    
 

I liked Joel Klatt’s recent suggestion that they should move to only have 1 Portal Window and make it the month of May.  That lets coaches and all players (new EE recruits and veterans) see how they stack up after spring ball.    Make the month of May ‘free agency’ then from June (when portal transfers and summer enrollees join the team) through January (when EEs join the team) there is complete stability with no team hopping.  Decisions can be thoughtful after full offseason and not made on emotion in the moment while season is still ongoing for some. 

The one exception to this would be when head coach leaves, players get 1 month to jump into portal if they choose. 

can you imagine starters or backups on an NFL team about to start playoffs being able to go into free agency and leave their team before the playoffs start.   Makes absolutely no sense for the game. 
 

Curious what others prefer?

 

Hook em!  

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It’s crazy / insane that players are jumping into the portal when their team is about to start playoff run.    This has to get addressed soon by conf commissioners to help improve roster stability at pivotal time of year.    
 

I liked Joel Klatt’s recent suggestion that they should move to only have 1 Portal Window and make it the month of May.  That lets coaches and all players (new EE recruits and veterans) see how they stack up after spring ball.    Make the month of May ‘free agency’ then from June (when portal transfers and summer enrollees join the team) through January (when EEs join the team) there is complete stability with no team hopping.  Decisions can be thoughtful after full offseason and not made on emotion in the moment while season is still ongoing for some. 

The one exception to this would be when head coach leaves, players get 1 month to jump into portal if they choose. 

can you imagine starters or backups on an NFL team about to start playoffs being able to go into free agency and leave their team before the playoffs start.   Makes absolutely no sense for the game. 
 

Curious what others prefer?

 

Hook em!  

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24 minutes ago, Robert Young said:

I love this idea but it probably makes too much sense for it to happen

Agree.   May is always a slow time of year after teams break following spring scrimmage.   Think about how much more valuable it would be if each kid got a full assessment of where they’re at after finishing spring ball and then they decided if a jump in the portal made sense.   This also lets the kids finish out spring semester, complete course work and plan for transition in the summer and this simplified portal schedule would allow all coaches and teams put focus in December on playoffs / bowl games. 
 

I really hope they make this change and soon.  

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