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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/OnlyMamaKnows on 2023-12-05 13:27:46.
Plenty of things about college football have never made sense. But now, with the sport having its own version of free agency via the portal, college football is particularly ill-equipped. In the middle of all the transfer chaos: a little thing we call the College Football Playoff.
Only college football would conduct its offseason in the middle of its postseason. And next year, adding a 12-team Playoff will make a messy situation only messier.
That makes finding solutions difficult. And for most players who decide to transfer, it means leaving campuses at the end of the fall semester and trying to find new ones by the time the spring semester begins. Most want to maximize their immediate impact, and that means enrolling before spring practice begins.
One of the biggest names to enter the portal on Monday was Ohio State starting quarterback Kyle McCord. If this was 2024, he’d be preparing for a Playoff game now but clearly might still need to enter the portal at season’s end. Next year, already tiny windows for decision-making will get even smaller.
This is what happens when a sport has no central leadership making decisions for the good of the sport on behalf of the people within it. If college sports had been proactive about allowing player movement, we might not be here.