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Apr 10, 2021
9:43:06am

TheLost Playmaker

There are more players in the portal than total number of scholarships available

High School kids now have to compete against older seasoned players.

There is no 'THINKING' or 'WILL' (at some point) adversely affect... It's happening right now..

One FBS program did not sign a single high school recruit in 2021

In his state of the profession press conference last month, AFCA executive director Todd Berry warned of a future where teams did not recruit high school players, instead living exclusively off the transfer portal. This, Berry said, would be bad for players and the sport in general since statistics show players who transfer are less […]

https://footballscoop.com/news/one-fbs-program-did-not-sign-a-single-high-school-recruit-in-2021/

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TheLost

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Dan Mullen thinks the transfer portal will adversely affect HS recruits.

Everyman

4/10/21 9:27am

This seems to be the case in basketball

JoeExotic

4/10/21 9:28am

Utah has been holding onto 2-3 spots every year for a decade or so.

OPINIONS

4/10/21 9:29am

Of course it will

Indy Coug

4/10/21 9:29am

Well, but it also means kids can go to lower tier college programs first and work hard to transfer.

CSoul

4/10/21 9:32am

I don't see that happening.... at all.

TheLost

4/10/21 9:44am

There’s still the same number of scholarships to be filled

molodyets

4/10/21 10:16am

Actually.. there isn't..

TheLost

4/10/21 10:41am

Shuffling players doesn’t mean fewer scholarships unless a ton of players start using RS/5th year grad transfers

molodyets

4/10/21 11:20am

The subject is how it affects HS recruits...

TheLost

4/10/21 12:54pm

At that school. Because the school the player left will have an opening.

molodyets

4/10/21 1:47pm

I'm not sure what's how the flow is going. I think I saw some numbers about that

fattycoug

4/10/21 3:22pm

There are more players in the portal than total number of scholarships available

TheLost

4/10/21 9:43am

Yes, though part of the reason this is true right now is because of the extra

fattycoug

4/10/21 6:18pm

Well if he has 3 guys transfer and they sign 3 portal guys that’s 0 impact. Also, who signs 25 guys per year from HS?

4/10/21 10:19am

The simple fact is... the only people who really care about this are..

TheLost

4/10/21 10:51am

I feel really bad for Class of 2021

reddead

4/10/21 12:18pm

Exactly. The same number of high school guys are going to get

Hazzard

4/10/21 3:54pm

It's already happening tho

4/10/21 10:40am

Math says this would only be a problem if a program a zero players transferring out. How many programs have zero

RoaroftheCougartails

4/10/21 2:41pm

It's definitely affected HS kids this past year. Hoping it won't be as

fattycoug

4/10/21 3:20pm

Transfer portal + COVID + extra years eligibility = tough for HS kids right now

fattycoug

4/10/21 3:21pm

Yeah on average high school kids won’t be affected. Just as many transfers out

byuinva

4/10/21 3:52pm

That may be true in the future but with the extra year of eligibility, I'm not

fattycoug

4/10/21 3:58pm

True, high schoolers are adversely affected by the extra COVID year. But not by

byuinva

4/10/21 5:57pm

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