Per Dellenger, the vote requires approval from the Administrative Committee by Oct. 1 to take effect this year. Currently, there are two transfer portal windows for college football.
The first window is in December and lasts for 20 days. The second window is in April and lasts for just 10 days. Previously, the portal was open for 45 total days, but the NCAA Division I Council voted to decrease that number to 30 days last October.
The portal window in December makes absolutely no sense. Happy to see this change.
Off the top of my head Iād prefer the single transfer window. Mainly because Iād like to see transfers hold off until the season is over, and this will be a big step in that direction
Thereās still a handful of regular bowl games after Jan 2, and most of the college football playoff games are in January. But this new timing is a nice balance between the end of the academic year and the end of the football season.
Itās a step in the right direction. The academic year will never line up with some schools remaining on quarters.
And while there are a handful of games to still be played after Jan 2. Itās better than essentially eliminating the entire postseason.
The other interesting knock-on affect with me what happens now with those guys who have used the spring window to jump when Spring Ball doesnāt go well.
Will put coaches in the same boat. Players will need to be extra sure about where they want to transfer and coaches will need to make sure they are offering the right players.
I do think the transfer portal is bad for college sports, but I donāt think bringing back the old version of the redshirt rule is the right answer. Theyād need to change the rules around the transfer red shirt to because not everyone is transferring just for a new payday. I donāt fault any of the basketball players who left for leaving. And sometimes itās just not a good fit and I donāt think a player should be forced to sit a year because of that. Limiting transfers to once per 4 yr period would be a start.
Yeah seems like there are some creative things that they could do that doesnāt restrict a players ability to play, but makes them think a bit before making an emotional decision to transfer. Like could they adjust the timing of rev share payments to encourage athletes to stay or otherwise put in retention bonuses (employers in the corporate world do this all the time).
related to this, I was in Ann Arbor this week for a conference. We did a tour of Michigan Stadium one evening. For the first time, theyāll have advertising inside the stadium (ATT will sponsor the filed goal nets, so the new āruleā in the big house is no advertising on permanent surfaces, nets are considered temporary) According to the tour guide it was āto help pay for $20.5 million in rev share.ā