50% in portal have not signed yet

[wmcovol]

Bill King this morning quoted a report that said of all of the transfers since August from P5 and G5 schools, only about 50% have signed somewhere else. The result seems to be a lot of kids give up their scholarships and end up with no where to turn to continue their education. Schools seem to be using this as a means to purge their rosters of players they made a mistake on.

Reality of the situation is if a player has been available since mid season and still hasn’t signed, he may fall through the cracks now. Another wave of transfers will be available after spring for schools to fill in their roster.

While the focus is on the good players in the portal being re-recruited, expect some media backlash at the schools and coaches for players left with no place to go.

 

[LouderVol]

Unless the kid can point to being forced out by the coaches good luck getting sympathy. These guys want to be treated like adults and get NILs or pay for play. This is the same part of that. Congrats on being responsible for yourselves. Keep your helmet, life is hard and comes at you fast.

 

[volfanbill]

Bill King this morning quoted a report that said of all of the transfers since August from P5 and G5 schools, only about 50% have signed somewhere else. The result seems to be a lot of kids give up their scholarships and end up with no where to turn to continue their education. Schools seem to be using this as a means to purge their rosters of players they made a mistake on.

Reality of the situation is if a player has been available since mid season and still hasn’t signed, he may fall through the cracks now. Another wave of transfers will be available after spring for schools to fill in their roster.

While the focus is on the good players in the portal being re-recruited, expect some media backlash at the schools and coaches for players left with no place to go.

can you prove the schools told them to kick rocks? Or that they aren’t refusing the chance to play at cusa/sun belt level programs thinking they deserve their shot to go to tOSU, Bama, etc?

 

[wmcovol]

Unless the kid can point to being forced out by the coaches good luck getting sympathy. These guys want to be treated like adults and get NILs or pay for play. This is the same part of that. Congrats on being responsible for yourselves. Keep your helmet, life is hard and comes at you fast.

I’m not arguing that kids often overrate themselves. But never doubt the media will have a sample size of players that may even have audio tape of being told “it’s not gonna happen here for you most likely”. It’s happened even before the transfer rule change.

 

[volfanbill]

I’m not arguing that kids often overrate themselves. But never doubt the media will have a sample size of players that may even have audio tape of being told “it’s not gonna happen here for you most likely”. It’s happened even before the transfer rule change.

That’s how the whole game works. Always has, always will. Programs over recruit positions purposely. And any recruit that can actually meet testing standards knows this going in. Being told it’s not going to work out is a favor to the player, not the other way around. It’s on the player to find somewhere they can actually play

 

[wmcovol]

That’s how the whole game works. Always has, always will. Programs over recruit positions purposely. And any recruit that can actually meet testing standards knows this going in. Being told it’s not going to work out is a favor to the player, not the other way around. It’s on the player to find somewhere they can actually play

Ok. I just posted the information Bill King shared with those on here that don’t know it all.

 

[golfballs]

They should form a team just like the Olympics has a team for refugees.

 

[volfanbill]

Ok. I just posted the information Bill King shared with those on here that don’t know it all.

Bull shark. You posted what Bill King said followed by lots of baseless accusations and assertions.

 

[wmcovol]

Bull shark. You posted what Bill King said followed by lots of baseless accusations and assertions.

I’m done arguing those like you here. Feel free to block me. I don’t give a damn. In fact I’d prefer you do.

 

[volfanbill]

I’m done arguing those like you here. Feel free to block me. I don’t give a damn. In fact I’d prefer you do.

Great defense

 

[wmcovol]

Great defense

Better than your offense. Just the fact that someone in the media is tracking this already should tell even simple minded fools that the media is looking at it. But then, some of you have to be hit in the head with a shovel. Now, go play stupid somewhere else.

 

[volfanbill]

Better than your offense. Just the fact that someone in the media is tracking this already should tell even simple minded fools that the media is looking at it. But then, some of you have to be hit in the head with a shovel. Now, go play stupid somewhere else.

Again, prove they were told to leave. Being told players have jumped up in line is not being told to leave. Prove that these players not signed don’t have offers from Lesser schools

 

[volfanbill]

And again, as I already stated, players getting buried has always happened and always will. It’s the not pretty part of the game

 

[wmcovol]

And again, as I already stated, players getting buried has always happened and always will. It’s the not pretty part of the game

I said that initially. I’ve seen it. But the media will expose it soon. The game has changed.

 

[volfanbill]

I said that initially. I’ve seen it. But the media will expose it soon. The game has changed.

Sooon…

 

[volfanbill]

Soon…

 

[stolitonic]

They should form a team just like the Olympics has a team for refugees.

I thought we already had a team for the players nobody else wanted? I think it is commonly referred to as Vanderbilt

 

[ButchPlz]

Unless the kid can point to being forced out by the coaches good luck getting sympathy. These guys want to be treated like adults and get NILs or pay for play. This is the same part of that. Congrats on being responsible for yourselves. Keep your helmet, life is hard and comes at you fast.

Yep. Every benefit has the potential for downside. I don't feel bad for them.

 

[volfanbill]

I thought we already had a team for the players nobody else wanted? I think it is commonly referred to as Vanderbilt

I know you’re just taking a dig at Vanderbilt, but most those transfers likely can’t get in there academically

 

[LouderVol]

I’m not arguing that kids often overrate themselves. But never doubt the media will have a sample size of players that may even have audio tape of being told “it’s not gonna happen here for you most likely”. It’s happened even before the transfer rule change.

Agreed. But if they want this to be a business this is the ugly side of it. If you arent helping your place of employment you are going to be replaced. If you arent helping your place of employment enough, you are going to be replaced

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Bill King this morning quoted a report that said of all of the transfers since August from P5 and G5 schools, only about 50% have signed somewhere else. The result seems to be a lot of kids give up their scholarships and end up with no where to turn to continue their education. Schools seem to be using this as a means to purge their rosters of players they made a mistake on.

Reality of the situation is if a player has been available since mid season and still hasn’t signed, he may fall through the cracks now. Another wave of transfers will be available after spring for schools to fill in their roster.

While the focus is on the good players in the portal being re-recruited, expect some media backlash at the schools and coaches for players left with no place to go.

Since the portal has been around a couple of years, I'd like to see a stat PER YEAR on players that find new teams. Did only 50-60% go on to play the next year?

If it turns out, as it seems, 40-50% of guys who hit the portal are actually "retiring" from college athletics it might lead athletes to rethink hitting the portal.

I'm not anti-portal but I'm all for players knowing what the heck they're really doing when they try that route.

 

[jackaro]

Bill King this morning quoted a report that said of all of the transfers since August from P5 and G5 schools, only about 50% have signed somewhere else. The result seems to be a lot of kids give up their scholarships and end up with no where to turn to continue their education. Schools seem to be using this as a means to purge their rosters of players they made a mistake on.

Reality of the situation is if a player has been available since mid season and still hasn’t signed, he may fall through the cracks now. Another wave of transfers will be available after spring for schools to fill in their roster.

While the focus is on the good players in the portal being re-recruited, expect some media backlash at the schools and coaches for players left with no place to go.

That number can look shocking but keep in mind that it was difficult to impossible to quantify how many players trying to transfer could or could not find a landing spot before the transfer portal. The transfer portal now gives an easy method of doing just that. Top tier programs such as Alabama and LSU have been git-shirting players for years. I remember reading an article several years ago that at Alabama they were 'encouraging' so many of their players to 'find opportunities elsewhere' that it amounted to a full recruiting class every 4 years. My point is that these shenanigans are not new and have been going on since scholarship limits were imposed.

 

[05_never_again]

I'm for the current transfer rules, but a lot of kids are getting their first experience with "the grass isn't always greener on the other side." Many of these players who want to transfer think of it as a panacea - they're unhappy in their current spot, but it is just as easy as putting your name in the portal and someone will pick you and you'll be happy there.

 

[volfanbill]

I'm for the current transfer rules, but a lot of kids are getting their first experience with "the grass isn't always greener on the other side." Many of these players who want to transfer think of it as a panacea - they're unhappy in their current spot, but it is just as easy as putting your name in the portal and someone will pick you and you'll be happy there.

This is part of the reason I’m curious how many are thinking they are too good to be finding CUSA, Sun Belt, etc type programs to call their new home. I feel like they are wanting to be extra picky and those options simply aren’t there.

 

[05_never_again]

This is part of the reason I’m curious how many are thinking they are too good to be finding CUSA, Sun Belt, etc type programs to call their new home. I feel like they are wanting to be extra picky and those options simply aren’t there.

Oh they totally are. Especially the kids that are washing out at the big schools. I'm sure there are many guys having trouble cracking depth charts at say, Oklahoma, and going "Well, I'll just get on at LSU."

Not all, but many of them are incredibly picky and think a perfect situation exists where they can slide right in at a big school and get plenty of playing time with limited competition. There are far more people in the portal than roster spots on teams, especially good teams.