I don’t even view these guys as students at this point. They are just paid mercenaries floating from one team to the next. I might do the same if I were in their shoes. But, as a fan, it dampens the enthusiasm for the sport and the team knowing that the players are not playing their team or their school. They are playing only for themselves.
It's basically the NFL with everyone on one-year contracts at this point. I don't know how a league sustains itself long-term this way. It's virtually impossible for fans to build any connection with players and for any player development to occur. If I were a mid-tier team, I'd consider just not bothering with high school recruiting - odds of those players still being on your team in a few years by the time they are any good are low. Every year, just build a whole new team of juniors and seniors from the portal.
Eventually they will just let schools straight up pay athletes. That way schools can offer 4 year contracts if they want.
Doesn't that start next year with a cap of $20.5 million? This year doesn't really count because of the "frontloading" that happened just prior to the settlement being formally approved.
Agreed - one-and-done at least was limited to a handful of players. This is like that on steroids with basically huge chunks of teams transferring every year.
I would really hate to give up on CFB like I did with CBB 20 years ago, but that might actually be a good thing.
