College football coaches are reportedly engaged in bidding wars within the NCAA transfer portal due to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. There are claims of players demanding additional payments to stay with their teams. Dabo Swinney, a prominent coach, has emphasized that tampering, not the transfer portal or NIL, is the main issue in college football. The high-stakes QB transfer carousel is expected to define the 2024 season, with concerns about blue blood programs' significant need for top quarterbacks. Coaches are also preparing for the potential impact of the transfer portal on prep sports.
“Every coach in every sport across the state better be working to make their program attractive enough that kids will want to be a part of it. If not, you’re going to lose kids to teams who are doing that. “The transfer portal is coming to prep sports.” https://t.co/wyjFkFbL6S
Some great points listed here as to how tampering is rampant involving the transfer portal . CHEATING RAMPANT ! Swinney, Stoops lament effects of transfer portal - via @ESPN App https://t.co/Unx74DCAwb
My article from yesterday on the effects of the transfer portal mentioned several violations of rules by schools courting players. Today Dabo Swinney of @ClemsonFB and Mark Stoops of @UKFootball affirmed parts of the story; "The problem is tampering," Swinney said, with…
Dabo says what we all know. "The problem is not the portal. The problem is not NIL. The problem in college football is tampering. And we could fix it easily if they let football people fix it, but they usually don't let us."
Dabo: “The portal’s not the problem. NIL’s not the problem. The problem is tampering, and we could fix that real quick if theyd let football people fix it.”
Dabo: "The problem is not the portal. The problem is not NIL. The problem in college football is tampering. And we could fix it easily if they let football people fix it, but they usually don't let us."
Dabo Swinney: "The portal is not the problem. NIL is not the problem. The problem is tampering."
Why a big-money, high-stakes QB transfer carousel will define the 2024 season. "The difference in this portal is that we've never seen the blue bloods with so much need.” Are there enough top QBs to meet the need? https://t.co/Gb9XmCzOlx
A former college football coach floated a unique NIL deal that involves sending Venmo payments are big plays. Totally reasonable or a bridge too far? DETAILS: https://t.co/j3XLGtcm1h https://t.co/gAqtqF4f8N
NCAA transfer portal, NIL make redshirting athletes risky business https://t.co/wAgqwG9SzA
College Football coaches are in NIL bidding wars inside the portal, with $100K shakedowns from their own players “I had one player come into my office in the last two weeks and tell me he wants to stay, but more money is needed for his services,” Read: https://t.co/BtQGU1iJy5 https://t.co/dNvs3OEARG