Portal/NIL Impact: Group of 5 becomes farm system for Power 5

[Volunteer16]

The way it is headed, it seems like power 5 schools will learn to take less risks and spend less NIL and recruiting budget resources recruiting high school kids and focus on the portal, pouching more proven talent from group of 5 transfers. As it evolves, I could see it basically becoming like a JV type farm system for the power 5 schools.
Hopefully Coach Heupel sees this and makes the strategic adjustments in our approach to recruiting.

Go Vols!

 

[Adam Sandler]

The way it is headed, it seems like power 5 schools will learn to take less risks and spend less NIL and recruiting budget resources recruiting high school kids and focus on the portal, pouching more proven talent from group of 5 transfers. As it evolves, I could see it basically becoming like a JV type farm system for the power 5 schools.
Hopefully Coach Heupel sees this and makes the strategic adjustments in our approach to recruiting.

Go Vols!

Except one of the top factors will always be the relationship with the coaches over money and you can’t build a relationship with a player on a college team until he goes portal. Otherwise it’s tampering. So why not just get the best out of highschool and trust your ability to develop them and keep them happy here? The portal will always be there with plenty of options regardless.

 

[volmandu]

Except one of the top factors will always be the relationship with the coaches over money and you can’t build a relationship with a player on a college team until he goes portal. Otherwise it’s tampering. So why not just get the best out of highschool and trust your ability to develop them and keep them happy here? The portal will always be there with plenty of options regardless.

I think mostly coz of high reward-low risk system. I am sure college coaches will still pursue elite talent from high school but rather than taking some developmental kids out of high school I believe coaches will like someone with 2-3 years in college system. These kids are older, physically more developed and give coaches better estimation of what they are getting based on much much better film.
I do not like it. I think it will hurt a lot of smaller programs. Plus as soon as a kid plays great at smaller program he'll look for more NIL money, making backdoor deals with bigger schools etc.
I hope the highly paid minds at NCAA figure better solution out.

 

[GVol1966]

The way it is headed, it seems like power 5 schools will learn to take less risks and spend less NIL and recruiting budget resources recruiting high school kids and focus on the portal, pouching more proven talent from group of 5 transfers. As it evolves, I could see it basically becoming like a JV type farm system for the power 5 schools.
Hopefully Coach Heupel sees this and makes the strategic adjustments in our approach to recruiting.

Go Vols!

Looks like there’s more power 5 players in the portal. They are transferring left and right.

 

[GVol1966]

I think mostly coz of high reward-low risk system. I am sure college coaches will still pursue elite talent from high school but rather than taking some developmental kids out of high school I believe coaches will like someone with 2-3 years in college system. These kids are older, physically more developed and give coaches better estimation of what they are getting based on much much better film.
I do not like it. I think it will hurt a lot of smaller programs. Plus as soon as a kid plays great at smaller program he'll look for more NIL money, making backdoor deals with bigger schools etc.
I hope the highly paid minds at NCAA figure better solution out.

In Bold: it may have unforeseen effects.
It could benefit smaller conference schools and high school players.
The Dylan Sampson and James Pearce’s could go to a smaller school and start as freshman instead of playing sparingly, ball out hit the portal get NIL deals.
The smaller school gets the service of highly rated talent for a year.
I could see some 1 and done strategy from small schools if they can get some NIL backer’s.

 

[peaygolf]

In Bold: it may have unforeseen effects.
It could benefit smaller conference schools and high school players.
The Dylan Sampson and James Pearce’s could go to a smaller school and start as freshman instead of playing sparingly, ball out hit the portal get NIL deals.
The smaller school gets the service of highly rated talent for a year.
I could see some 1 and done strategy from small schools if they can get some NIL backer’s.

Killing small FCS schools

 

[Carp]

The way it is headed, it seems like power 5 schools will learn to take less risks and spend less NIL and recruiting budget resources recruiting high school kids and focus on the portal, pouching more proven talent from group of 5 transfers. As it evolves, I could see it basically becoming like a JV type farm system for the power 5 schools.
Hopefully Coach Heupel sees this and makes the strategic adjustments in our approach to recruiting.

Go Vols!

But they will also get the many of the former 4/5 stars that couldn't break the starting rotation at the big schools (like Bailey, Salter, Maurer, etc) So it will even itself out, imo.

 

[Vol423]

The way it is headed, it seems like power 5 schools will learn to take less risks and spend less NIL and recruiting budget resources recruiting high school kids and focus on the portal, pouching more proven talent from group of 5 transfers. As it evolves, I could see it basically becoming like a JV type farm system for the power 5 schools.
Hopefully Coach Heupel sees this and makes the strategic adjustments in our approach to recruiting.

Go Vols!

I really don't understand the fascination and love that so many people have with the portal. Most, but admittedly not all, of the players in the portal are there because they weren't good enough to start elsewhere. I MUCH rather build a team around high school recruits that get coached up over their careers. In my opinion, guys from the portal should be minimal if you're running a successful program.

 

[BreatheUT]

This whole thing is a mess. We are just getting started. We'll either get used to it or in 5 years see how it's killed some of the passion of college football.

 

[Batman1948]

This whole thing is a mess. We are just getting started. We'll either get used to it or in 5 years see how it's killed some of the passion of college football.

The toothpaste is out of the tube and no one is gonna be able to put it back in. Everyone pi$$ed on the NCAA for years and now they're returning the favor. Might as well get used to it because this is the model the NCAA created

 

[MarcoVol]

The toothpaste is out of the tube and no one is gonna be able to put it back in. Everyone pi$$ed on the NCAA for years and now they're returning the favor. Might as well get used to it because this is the model the NCAA created

Yep the NCAA and its member schools are to blame for the (lack of) structure we see now. Went too long doing their own thing without seeking to evolve. Businesses have to evolve to survive. Now their hand has been forced.

 

[peaygolf]

I freaking HATE the portal. It sucks and I will never change my mind on it!

NIL...............I've adapted. What should happen, is when a player signs, then he can look for deals himself. Should never been allowed to have deals set up to get them to said school. JMO