The Portal Giveth... The Portal Taketh Away....

[TUSK]

I dunno how y'all are set at RB, but this cat is a really good RB/WR combo type...

I'm kinda surprised at the timing of this, to be honest...

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2021/06/alabama-running-back-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal.html

[Cowbell]

I dunno how y'all are set at RB, but this cat is a really good RB/WR combo type...

I'm kinda surprised at the timing of this, to be honest...

https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2021/06/alabama-running-back-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal.html

Clearing space for someone else I'm sure

[Offshore Dawg]

Making room for another 5 Star

[ShotgunDawg]

Making room for another 5 Star

This is a huge problem with the portal and the scholarship rules in general.

They've already got 85, which is absurdly too many, and are able to basically have unlimited scholarships by being able to drop dead weight.

The system is so incredibly flawed that it makes leaders look like absolute idiots that they choose to do nothing

[CaptainObvious]

Maybe we should have a lottery for SEC football.

#14 team gets 32 signees
#13 team gets 31
#12 gets 30
#11 gets 29
#10 gets 28
#9 gets 27
#8 gets 26
#7 gets 25
#6 gets 24
#5 gets 23
#4 gets 21
#3 gets 19
#2 gets 17
#1 gets 15

I say this in jest obviously, but we always talk about an uneven playing field. That would dang sure tighten it up some. <Sarcasm off>

[BulldogDX55]

Maybe we should have a lottery for SEC football.

#14 team gets 32 signees
#13 team gets 31
#12 gets 30
#11 gets 29
#10 gets 28
#9 gets 27
#8 gets 26
#7 gets 25
#6 gets 24
#5 gets 23
#4 gets 21
#3 gets 19
#2 gets 17
#1 gets 15

I say this in jest obviously, but we always talk about an uneven playing field. That would dang sure tighten it up some. <Sarcasm off>

That'd be cool, but players can be committed for years and rankings wouldn't be figured out completely until like a week before signing day. I like where your head is at though. This is one of those situations where it would actually work better for parity if they treated D1 football like the professional sport it is instead of treating it like kids just picking which college they want to get an education at.

[MaroonFlounder]

An embarrassment of riches and resources for the machine that is Bama football.

The transfer portal allows them to "fine tune" an already dominant machine.

[TUSK]

This is a huge problem with the portal and the scholarship rules in general.

They've already got 85, which is absurdly too many, and are able to basically have unlimited scholarships by being able to drop dead weight.

The system is so incredibly flawed that it makes leaders look like absolute idiots that they choose to do nothing

Had skollies been at 20/70 at the time, this cat wouldn't have been signed... He actually prevented Bammer from potentially signing another 5 star for 3 years.

But, I do understand your point.

[R2Dawg]

Maybe we should have a lottery for SEC football.

#14 team gets 32 signees
#13 team gets 31
#12 gets 30
#11 gets 29
#10 gets 28
#9 gets 27
#8 gets 26
#7 gets 25
#6 gets 24
#5 gets 23
#4 gets 21
#3 gets 19
#2 gets 17
#1 gets 15

I say this in jest obviously, but we always talk about an uneven playing field. That would dang sure tighten it up some. <Sarcasm off>

Best idea I've seen yet. Will never happen though; they want the blue bloods to always be blue - hook or crook. If anyone makes a move, we'll slap you with NCAA something.

[msstate7]

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