2025-26 Portal Exits

[beeteam]

I honestly think the transfer portal is ok, NCAA should put a cap on amount you can pay a player like no more than 1 mil.

That would just put the bagmen back in business.

 

[GoldZ]

It’s actually the unlimited transfers that is doing the most damage to college athketics

I tend to agree right now, but suspect when collective bargaining/employee status kicks in, we will see that pay for play is the primary culprit. Only time will tell.

 

[kg01]

I honestly think the transfer portal is ok, NCAA should put a cap on amount you can pay a player like no more than 1 mil.

I really think they have to make guys sit a year after transferring. Like, sure you can go whenever and as many times as you want, but you have to sit a year. Or half a season or ... something. There has to be a 'cost' to transferring.

 

[DecaturJacket]

I honestly think the transfer portal is ok, NCAA should put a cap on amount you can pay a player like no more than 1 mil.

I don't mind the portal as a concept, but unlimited moves and unlimited dollars is a recipe for what we're seeing. Cap the number of moves, maybe one freebie and then free if coach leaves and do something about the money side.

 

[IronJacket7]

We signed 4 wrs and 2 TES in our freshman class have brought in another TE and WR in the Portal and probably have another few targets.

Yes. I know. I didn't forget. But they are true freshman. Not sure how that will work out as your have zero to very limited snaps for TEs and WRs.

 

[Eli]

That would just put the bagmen back in business.

It really is incredible the amount of money some will spend to land a high school athlete. (And this is coming from myself who does donate to NIL) but you never hear of avid NFL fans giving a free agent a bag behind the scenes.. college sports is just wild.

 

[WreckinGT]

Yep. The old transfer rule of making guys sit out a year after transferring was keeping college football from becoming the **it show it is today.

 

[Sarrick]

Harpring was not happy about the Carbo signing I guess.

 

[GoldZ]

That would just put the bagmen back in business.

Please please let that happen! They were NOTHING like today's madness.

 

[malak05]

If Harpring does join the portal NOTHING is sacred anymore his dad is a GT legend.... He needs to get a belt after that boy if true. Honestly, even with the pickup in portal with Godsey I expect plenty of TE reps and he and new guy would be 1a and 1b sorta numb skull if he does.

 

[walkertexasranger97]

Regardless of whether or not it has been confirmed the wildest thing about the whole messed up situation is that these players today don’t understand the tradition. They don’t truly understand what the “clean old fashion hate” really is. I know it is unrealistic to expect some of these guys to get it because they may have not been Tech fans their whole lives like a lot of us, but associating with the mutts in any way is a no no.

It is just lame that some of these guys would even consider transferring to the other team, much less actually doing it. So wild. It has been and always will be go jackets and THWG.

I agree but money is messing starting to trump tradition unfortunately. It’s not a 1 to 1 comparison but you even look at Livingstone going from Texas to OU for 800k. Kid grew up a Longhorn fan.

 

[gtee91]

7 WRs gone...
4 TEs gone...

Hope we start pulling some bodies from the portal and quickly.

I know we have freshman coming in but they are still freshman.

Sorry ...welcome to the farm system...we train freshman down here in the minors until they get called up to the major leagues

 

[awbuzz]

Is it just me or does Philo putting the photo with “I’m Home” rub anyone else the wrong way haha

You are not wrong

 

[beeteam]

It really is incredible the amount of money some will spend to land a high school athlete. (And this is coming from myself who does donate to NIL) but you never hear of avid NFL fans giving a free agent a bag behind the scenes.. college sports is just wild.

NFL players can make as much on the side as they like with endorsements. NFL players have less ability to control where they will play early in their careers. They get drafted and negotiate a contract. They may get traded, but usually they will play out their contract.

Since kids will always be able to pick the school they want to play for the system needs to make it harder to move. In my mind this would mean contracts with buyout clauses. They would still be able to move, but at least the school holding the contract would have some restitution. You may have to pay more on the front side to get a kid to sign a 2, 3, or 4 year contract, but continuity may be worth the cost. Would the courts allow it...who knows?

 

[walkertexasranger97]

I may just not watch football next year

This one shocks me .. Dad played at Tech, From ATL. We have always run multiple TE and he would’ve gotten a lot of game time this year smh

 

[mts315]

I honestly think the transfer portal is ok, NCAA should put a cap on amount you can pay a player like no more than 1 mil.

That is unrealistic though.

This whole NIL issue began because some tennis player had a huge following on Instagram and couldn't collect his Instagram revenue. When you are talking about influencer money from Social Media there really can't be a cap.

 

[gtee91]

You are not wrong

Imagine hating a school so much that you walk away from guaranteed starting job and pretty large NIL money....

 

[IronJacket7]

Sorry ...welcome to the farm system...we train freshman down here in the minors until they get called up to the major leagues

Yeah, no. That won't work out too well.

We got several experienced WRs and TEs from the Portal the last 2 seasons. We are going to have to do that again.

Currently out of all the TEs and WRs we have on the roster or are coming in as Freshman we have 1 person with live games reps. One. And he was a Freshman this season. Jordan Allen.

This seems like really bad roster management. Sorry to sound too critical but hopefully we land some more help from the Portal. We need some game time experience.

 

[Eli]

This one shocks me .. Dad played at Tech, From ATL. We have always run multiple TE and he would’ve gotten a lot of game time this year smh

I do find it odd he enters the portal the day after Godsey gets on campus and most likely met with players and his position group..

 

[AugustaSwarm]

This seems like really bad roster management. Sorry to sound too critical but hopefully we land some more help from the Portal. We need some game time experience.

The players choose to enter the portal. No one can "manage" that.

I agree, experience matters - but we're going to bring in replacements thru the portal - likely players with experience. We've done a great job of bringing in players from portal in the past and I don't see any reason to think that will change.