At lunch today I had an interesting discussion with some folks who flew in from ND.
Part of that discussion centered on NIL and the Transfer Portal.
It was relayed to me that there are some individuals who feel that unless the NCAA addresses and fixes the Transfer Portal guidelines/regulations that it will be the ruination of college football.
USC’s 19 TP’s was part of the discussion.
What interested me the most was the abandonment of the concept of the student/athlete, a concept that ND embraces.
One party asked, what kind of education will a kid who transfers from school to school to school get ?
Goid question given how few players make it to the NFL.
Another felt that these 18-22 year old kids who didn’t make the NFL would end up without a meaningful job and without a life, that universities would just use them like mercenaries and then abandon them when their time was up.
But I don’t see any pressure to correct this, coming from the media.
What will it take to restore the balance ?
Part of that discussion centered on NIL and the Transfer Portal.
It was relayed to me that there are some individuals who feel that unless the NCAA addresses and fixes the Transfer Portal guidelines/regulations that it will be the ruination of college football.
USC’s 19 TP’s was part of the discussion.
What interested me the most was the abandonment of the concept of the student/athlete, a concept that ND embraces.
One party asked, what kind of education will a kid who transfers from school to school to school get ?
Goid question given how few players make it to the NFL.
Another felt that these 18-22 year old kids who didn’t make the NFL would end up without a meaningful job and without a life, that universities would just use them like mercenaries and then abandon them when their time was up.
But I don’t see any pressure to correct this, coming from the media.
What will it take to restore the balance ?