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Kirby Smart speaks candidly on his issues with the transfer poral, NIL
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Kirby Smart speaks candidly on his issues with the transfer poral, NIL
ATHENS — Kirby Smart knows he has to tread carefully when speaking about the transfer portal.
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I like Smart's idea. I think a 2-3 year "commitment" should be required if you are going to take NIL money. This also includes making sure these guys play in any post-season games. After that, if you're not getting playing time and/or satisfied with your development then you can transfer. It's not a perfect system, but it at least allows Kirby and his staff to better manage the ever-changing roster.
I like a three year commitment to include participation in bowl games. All players, scholarship and walk ons eligible for NIL. No TP during that commitment unless there is a Head coaching change. At the end of three years, red shirt years count, the player is free to enter the TP and also the HC is free to "fire" the player. I'm also dead set against "opt outs" for any player unless necessitated by injury......I still can't comprehend the hubris of ole Marv standing on the TOS side lines watching his team get waxed by Mizzo.....what a dip-sh__!
The transfer poral? What’s that?🙂
I believe if you're not playing in a bowl game, you should not be on the sideline watching your team play, unless you're injured and can't play, I get tired of those players getting a free trip to a bowl game and not playing, it's not fair to those that play in the game, then you have the camera man showing him all through the game, taking away from the game being played.
Just like being eligible for the NFL. You’ve got to be there for three years before you can make any moves. Unless, it is for family reasoning.
THe old days of stacking up your Freshmen, Red-shirt Freshmen, and Sophmores waiting in the wings behind the Juniors and Seniors is over.
WHat made BAMA so successful was having 4 and 5 star players at every position just sitting on the bench, growing and honing their skills, and biding their time until the upperclassmen were done and they simply got inserted. The"Process".
So let’s have coach and staff involved with the next decisions. Not some paper pusher who thinks it sounds better.
CKS has some good ideas. I’m sure other coaches do also.
The tsf portal should take place after the season has been completed. I like Smart’s suggestions, too. There should also be a limit on the number of tsfs a player can make.
Clearly something needs to be adjusted w/NIL and the TP to give coaches some roster stability yet still maintains the freedom of choice that the courts/gov't insist is essential. CKS's idea is interesting. Is it practical or reality? IDK. Typically, it would seem, the majority of players that UGA recruits/signs are some of the most talented in HS. You could assume most would be on the NIL($) track vs the educational (student athlete) track. Are the one's that are on the student athlete track foundational program pieces?
There have been rumblings that one of the main reasons for Saban's retirement was frustration with dealing with HS players over NIL, re-recruiting his own players every year and the resultant roster instability from NIL and TP. That, in itself, sounds like a full time job beyond the actual coaching part of the job.
Before this year I would have expected CKS to retire as UGA HC. But you can tell by CKS's recent comments that the extra weight of NIL/TP management is impacting his job/life satisfaction. Now, as bad as it (NFL) is, the NFL has to be looking better than it did. If only because the NFL has a system by which to manage the team. There are rules and they apply equally to each team. CFB, as it stands now, is chaos.
Of course I hope CKS stays at UGA until he retires from coaching. But something needs to change in CFB sooner rather than later to fix the mess that the gov't created for the NCAA to try and manage.
I like CKS's idea too. I think what he's saying is there needs to be a binding contract between the school and player. As it sits now there is nothing to protect the schools investment in a player. That sort of instability has to be a nightmare for coaches.
Go Dawgs!
NCAA should start going after schools and collectives that are tampering with players before they enter the portal.
Dabo? is that you!? 🤣
This is similar to what I mentioned in an earlier post that universities already do with Early Decision/Early Admit/Regular Admit, etc. With the addition of the ability to "earn" NIL with performance (or lose it, also), this seems to be very defensible vs processes well-proven in the academic side of college. That's been review legally 1000s of times. You don't get to keep scholarships if you don't maintain performance, and you can earn them with improved performance.
Agreed with all below that "something" has to happen or, over time, it completely undermines the success of the vast majority of college athletes who never make it to the pros. Also, those who DO make it, but last for only a short period. IMHO, too little attention in all the media discussion is spent talking about how all these athletes benefit, as opposed to the Manning's, Penix's, Nix's, Railoa's, etc. getting to cash out.
My understanding is that the collectives that provide NIL money are independent entities not associate with the school; therefore, they can have players sign contracts based on staying at the school, eligibility or having to pay the money back if they transfer. The problem is that no player would sign with a collective that required that when others don't. It would just become a negotiating point between the collective and the player and deciding how badly they wanted that player. The two or three year commitment sounds good, but the reality is that coaches leave for "greener" pastures all the time. The Washington HC has been there two years and is reportedly negotiating with AL right now. I'm sure he didn't tell his 2024 recruits that just signed or their parents he'd be leaving this year. Either college football is going to have a free market system for everyone (coaches and players) or no one.