Originally Posted by
cjr3888
First, the kids switching teams left and right in select aren't the ones being recruited to play at the top D1 schools. Blaming select baseball on a failure to recruit better players isn't the systems fault, it's the coaches fault.
Second, if a coach leaves a school for another, is he penalized? No, but before the transfer rule change the player was penalized. The higher number of transfers is due to the one time transfer rule change, not the portal.
Third, the portal is just a way for everyone to know who is looking to transfer. Before the portal, it wasn't public knowledge but the same talks about transferring and players contacting other schools was already happening.