Link: 2026 Transfer Portal

[tusks_n_raider]

Recruiting doesn't matter anymore. "Roster management" is much more important.

Agree.

It’s now similar to the NFL.

Pro teams don’t draft 20+ players new to the league every year and hope they pan out.

They build the team around established players and Draft 5-7 Rookies.

It looks like in CFB you can’t afford now to invest time and NIL resources in 20+ HS kids and hope they all work out perfectly and stick around.

The Bulk of the Team building and NIL spending should be getting players with CFB tape and experience that fit your scheme and then supplement that with HS recruiting.

 

[denver]

Not a Brady fan but he does nail it with this answer...and what a lot of us older CFB fans think of the transfer rules! lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007862436964311210

 

[75thru79]

And; NIL "donations" are not tax deductible for the booster.

Donations to a collective probably aren't but many of these deals involve players getting paid directly to endorse products. This is advertising which is absolutely deductible as a business expense.

 

[Tideflyer]

Agree.

It’s now similar to the NFL.

Pro teams don’t draft 20+ players new to the league every year and hope they pan out.

They build the team around established players and Draft 5-7 Rookies.

It looks like in CFB you can’t afford now to invest time and NIL resources in 20+ HS kids and hope they all work out perfectly and stick around.

The Bulk of the Team building and NIL spending should be getting players with CFB tape and experience that fit your scheme and then supplement that with HS recruiting.

“ …and hope they all work out perfectly and stick around.” Because they’ ll do neither.

 

[Tideflyer]

Not a Brady fan but he does nail it with this answer...and what a lot of us older CFB fans think of the transfer rules! lol

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007862436964311210

“ Student athletes “ ….Please!! Stop it !!

 

[Cruloc]

How soon do we get to the point of incentives? Pro players will get bonuses based on yards or catches or completions or making the playoff, what round etc.

The kids don't have direct contracts via NIL with the school that I know of, but I think incentives and bonuses get introduced soon. And if that's done without the school or coaches, but via a booster....then....whoa nelly.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

Is APR still a thing?

If not, then the term "Student-Athlete" needs to just go away....

 

[mlh]

Is APR still a thing?

If not, then the term "Student-Athlete" needs to just go away....

The term "student athlete" has been a misnomer for many years.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Michigan transfer with Nick Saban connection visiting Alabama football

Kaden Strayhorn spent his freshman season with Michigan in 2025. He is visiting Alabama on Monday.

www.al.com

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

Maybe. They'll continue to cook as long as they play in that mediocre conference.

I'll take "Posts that didn't age well even before they were posted" for 38-3 please Alex

 

[gtgilbert]

Michigan transfer with Nick Saban connection visiting Alabama football

Kaden Strayhorn spent his freshman season with Michigan in 2025. He is visiting Alabama on Monday.

www.al.com

I don't love this one, honestly, just due to the lack of length. Seems the better IOLs we've had have still all been a bit taller, and that's what most of the better overall OLs tend toward as well. Need the reach to be able to keep DL at bay and to be able to span up to the second level and get hands on 'backers. Maybe he's more a depth player and contingency.

 

[CrimsonTheory]

I'll take "Posts that didn't age well even before they were posted" for 38-3 please Alex

M'kay.

 

[Cruiser]

Donations to a collective probably aren't but many of these deals involve players getting paid directly to endorse products. This is advertising which is absolutely deductible as a business expense.

Certainly they are a business expense; but not personally deductible in full by the individual like a "charitable" donation to the schools athletic department directly from the individual.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I don't love this one, honestly, just due to the lack of length. Seems the better IOLs we've had have still all been a bit taller, and that's what most of the better overall OLs tend toward as well. Need the reach to be able to keep DL at bay and to be able to span up to the second level and get hands on 'backers. Maybe he's more a depth player and contingency.

Road grader?

The new TE was deemed to be a road grader...

 

[Cruloc]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008212807406281066

 

[CoolBreeze]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008212807406281066

They got the dough which means they have the attorneys that seem to think they can get it done. Why not? It is the wild, wild west of buying players and the landscape seems to change with the wind.

 

[CB4]

Texas Tech basically saying “Hey it’s better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission”. And besides, if you follow the Michigan model, run a rogue program, cheat like crazy, win a championship and deal with the repercussions later. They’ve been stripped of that title, right? Oh wait…they haven’t.

It will be years before the system or the clearinghouse catches up with them.

 

[Jack Bourbon]

The NCAA enforces nothing, so why not?

 

[CrimsonTheory]

Can we just kill CFB now instead of watching a slow death?

 

[KrAzY3]

The NCAA enforces nothing, so why not?

The NCAA is now letting former pros play basketball, so it's about as absurd as you can get.