Kinda like the Texas State board, rarely monitored, pretty much anything goes.
Kinda like the Texas State board, rarely monitored, pretty much anything goes.
As of this weekend, there are over 2000 MBB players in the portal. That is much greater than the number of starting spots available in all of D1 basketball. Even Duke lost 7 to the portal. Many of these guys will regret that decision. Tough to grow interest in the sport with that kind of annual turnover.
Yup, been saying this the past two years. 1,750 starting positions, and nobody to transferring thinking they’ll see pine time. Throw in the starters with secure positions where they are, I’d bet that 1,750 is greatly reduced. Like Jordan Brown, for example. Yeah he got paid, but probably never envisioned sitting the bench like he did.
Saw FAU’s stud is now a Florida Gator.
The portal is the beginning of the end of college athletics. If you can’t buy a team and win every year, interest will fade.
*Now 351 D1 teams, 1,755 starters.
If there are that many out there, we should be able to find somebody.
I wonder when someone will track a season of portal players and document what, other than money, improved basketball wise. How many improved their pro market value. And how many ended up in a weaker position. I would hope there’s a percentage that go for a chance at a more “prestigious”/marketable degree, but figure that’s a needle in a haystack.
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