NCAA Transfer Portal
This is a change-of-pace from my usual blog focus. On the other hand, it’s all about values, which keeps it in the same ball park (sic). My two cents' worth (and, yes, some of you will want change back): in college football, the transfer portal is ruining the integrity of the sport and may prove irreparably damaging unless it is restructured. Marshal University's "Thundering Herd" had earned the right to meet nationally ranked Army in the Independence Bowl, but contract talks with the head coach stalled, and the coach resigned, leaving the team high and dry. In response, 36 players, including all the team's quarterbacks, entered the transfer portal, depleting the team's roster so that the team had to withdraw from the bowl game. The University lost millions of dollars, and dozens of college athletes lost their chance to participate in the fruits of a great season and a Sun Belt Conference championship. Two points in response that are flip sides of the sa...