I’m looking at this now… Kids can take 1 free transfer without losing eligibility. If you sign high school kids and they don’t play, they can leave. If they play well, you better have some NIL $$$ for them or they leave.
If you take all portal kids and they want to transfer again, it costs them eligibility.
I believe WSU is a development school. They get solid high school players, coach them up, develop them, get them on the field. What helps WSU is having vets that have opened up the playbook and can do more things on the field.
What do you do when that goes away? What do you do when you watch your best kids leave? Especially when they are early starters… those are the cornerstone pieces of your program. Gone in a flash.
I wouldn’t blame Coach Jake if he took all transfers to protect the program from poaching. Make the kids take a hit to their eligibility if they leave. Same for other P5 schools and especially for G5, FCS, etc.
I read yesterday there were 3,000 kids in the portal. Holy smokes.
If you take all portal kids and they want to transfer again, it costs them eligibility.
I believe WSU is a development school. They get solid high school players, coach them up, develop them, get them on the field. What helps WSU is having vets that have opened up the playbook and can do more things on the field.
What do you do when that goes away? What do you do when you watch your best kids leave? Especially when they are early starters… those are the cornerstone pieces of your program. Gone in a flash.
I wouldn’t blame Coach Jake if he took all transfers to protect the program from poaching. Make the kids take a hit to their eligibility if they leave. Same for other P5 schools and especially for G5, FCS, etc.
I read yesterday there were 3,000 kids in the portal. Holy smokes.