Cedric Russell Portals out to Ohio State

[Turbine]

^^^This. An absolute killer for the non P5 programs. Regardless of the sport, a coach can build a strong program and now with players able to be paid openly, poaching will be the norm. This will make some teams a contender to a pretender overnight.

We’ve seen the flip…the student-athlete is now the athlete-student.

You nailed it on "athlete-student" flip effect.

As long as roster limits stay the same though, this won't affect the overall P5/G5 talent levels.

It will however stifle fan/team interest.

[zephyr]

None of the above. An agent told him if he was planning to play professionally he needed to be at a bigger school. Personally, I think that's bad advice, but it's the decision that was made.

Definitely bad advice. What guarantees he even plays at a bigger school? That's rediculous

[JayWalker]

Asking if you have to be a current student/athlete to use the portal?

Before his announcement (that he was coming back to utilize the unique eligibility rule) he was no longer a UL athlete.

Can you enter the portal teamless?

He did not have to announce he was returning in order to enter the portal.

[Turbine]

He did not have to announce he was returning in order to enter the portal.

Thanks

[CajunRebel]

Definitely bad advice. What guarantees he even plays at a bigger school? That's rediculous

Then presumably he’d stay here. You aren’t required to leave your school to enter the portal.

[cajuns80]

Then presumably he’d stay here. You aren’t required to leave your school to enter the portal.

But once you make the decision to enter, UL has to move on. I'm sure thats what Marlin told him. We can't be left out dry when a guy enters the portal.

[Million$Mullet]

But once you make the decision to enter, UL has to move on. I'm sure thats what Marlin told him. We can't be left out dry when a guy enters the portal.

According to mike we can’t use his scholarship for another person anyway. So by moving on do you mean just cutting all ties?

[cajuns80]

According to mike we can’t use his scholarship for another person anyway. So by moving on do you mean just cutting all ties?

My understanding is they are actively recruiting right now so not sure how the scholarship opportunities work out in this scenario.

[Million$Mullet]

My understanding is they are actively recruiting right now so not sure how the scholarship opportunities work out in this scenario.

We are full up at 13 (14 if you count Dou). Maybe they are expecting more to leave.

[Hatch]

My understanding is they are actively recruiting right now so not sure how the scholarship opportunities work out in this scenario.

As a returning Senior using his extra year Russell did not count against the scholarship limit so him leaving does not free anything up, all 13 scholarships are filled. I'm sure they are always recruiting as someone else could move on on their own or someone could be asked to move on. As Mike stated there is still 16 on the roster with Gueye and the 2 walkons, who are no slouches in their own right. If I remember correctly Garnett had a scholarship offer from Southern that he turned down and I think everyone would agree that Domingue is talented enough to contribute and could easily be on scholarship at some lower tier D1 schools. I wouldn't be surprised to see someone else move on just because they are buried on the depth chart.

[Duckster]

Transfer portal is showing to be a killer of college sports with the not sitting out a year rule in affect. They need to clamp down on that rule because it is negative impacting

Yeah, its never going to be the same again. Will take some getting used to. We could see this revolving door coming from a mile away. Its obviously too late, but a no transfer rule within same conference would have been nice. But maybe it wasn't defendable either.

[Cajunsmike]

He's not good enough to play in the league.

He may not be good enough to play in the NBA but he may be good enough for G league. He was not invited to G league camp this year. He may think playing well at an SEC school well get him the G league invite next year. In his own mind that may open the door for an eventual NBA opportunity. Note I have no idea if he will play in the SEC. Just an example with that term. Also, mindset of many college players is they will eventually be in NBA. More need to listen to Charles Barkley.