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OrangeBowlMagic said:
I've become calloused to this stuff, and have come around the last few years that 99.99% of this is a business. If a player wants to transfer out, I'm fine with it.

But I need someone to explain to me how announcing tonight, for example, helps you?

I genuinely don't know, so I need someone to correct me.

All of these kids have agents. If you are planning to enter the portal, the entire world is "tampering", although that's not even a thing anymore. Your agent is reaching out to teams. What does doing this in the middle of a playoff run do for you?

The only thing I can think of, and I guess this is the obvious and beneficial answer, is it lets every single team know, in flashing lights, that you're available, rather than your agent having to reach out to schools you're interested in? Maybe helps you get a call from a school that otherwise wouldn't know you're going to enter because you didn't call them?
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Probably dont want to go to practice and it be weird or something like that.. Everyone knows whats up as word gets around quick so they just say **** it maybe..
 
CaneThang2020 said:
If the NCAA rules are going to allow guys to portal out prior to the final game (title game), then the NCAA needs to allow the incoming 2026 signees that have early enrolled be eligible to play for depth.

If that means changing the calendar of ESD to a week or two prior, so be it. Then allow kids to enroll on Dec. 15 and start Spring classes about 2-3 weeks later.

If creating a product that ppl wanna see is what the CFP wants, then these school presidents/ADs need to get together and fix this
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No one will play within same season in my opinion

Portal doesn’t open until next month
 
OrangeBowlMagic said:
I've become calloused to this stuff, and have come around the last few years that 99.99% of this is a business. If a player wants to transfer out, I'm fine with it.

But I need someone to explain to me how announcing tonight, for example, helps you?

I genuinely don't know, so I need someone to correct me.

All of these kids have agents. If you are planning to enter the portal, the entire world is "tampering", although that's not even a thing anymore. Your agent is reaching out to teams. What does doing this in the middle of a playoff run do for you?

The only thing I can think of, and I guess this is the obvious and beneficial answer, is it lets every single team know, in flashing lights, that you're available, rather than your agent having to reach out to schools you're interested in? Maybe helps you get a call from a school that otherwise wouldn't know you're going to enter because you didn't call them?
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I believe your thought is the ONLY reason. Especially with only one portal window it will be madness this year. It is a lazy way for agents to ensure their people find homes and quickly. I am sure the top destinations have already been reached out to but kinda like applying to college you may not get into your dream school and have to settle on a backup. I imagine spots may fill up and I also imagine some teams are not so welcoming back if you withdraw your name from the portal.

I am legit a bit concerned for UM this year in the portal. We have done great the last 2 years with our portal hits. **** we have a ton of players that came in the spring portal window (RIP) that make this team churn. Mario seems to have shortened his process to evaluate transfers to jump faster but assume we get to the semis or the national championship game, the latter would mean the portal closes as Mario is prepping his team for a NC and 134 other teams are trying to raid our guys while simultaneously putting 100% of their effort into recruiting the portal. Can Mario multitask like that? Even if it is semifinals we miss the first half of the window. We lose a TON of guys next year. We need a QB, a WR. We probably need another RB, we likely need OL, especially if Bell turns pro which we likely wont know until after the portal window closes especially if we advance. We need a DT and Edge, prob a LB, we will be buyers but will we have the time to make good evals and bring kids in on visits?
 
Calinative said:
You’d be stupid to not let the world k ow 3 weeks before the portal even opens? Lol
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Yes?

The portal window is two weeks and the schedule is new and different. Why in the world would you not want to be prepared?

Between communication, visits, NIL negotiations etc., you probably want to get a head start on that so you don't get left without options.

You think we are waiting until the portal opens to backchannel with players that we want? Two weeks ain't a lot of time.
 
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