It’s not surprising that the existing college football transfer portal model is wholly unsustainable; however, until new legislation is enacted or even contemplated, only a few programs will keep benefiting. Meanwhile, other programs will need to depend solely on recruiting high school athletes.
For Texas A&M, the Aggies have lost 19 players from the portal while gaining five in return. While the math doesn’t balance out, nearly every portal departure was either backups or rotational players that will likely be replaced by future transfers or incoming freshmen from the 2025 cycle.
However, every one of the five new additions provides immediate benefits next season, especially wide receivers Micah Hudson and Mario Cramer, who will more than likely earn starting or key rotational spots on offense.
While Texas A&M should benefit from the portal, Fox Sports Analyst Joel Klatt joined the chorus of media members and fans upset at the “Wild Wild West” like environment the portal presents, providing his solution in a post on X on Tuesday:
“The easiest fix to this December transfer portal madness is finishing the CFB season prior to the start of the spring semester…We should be crowning a champ near Jan. 1 and then we can have a 8-10 day window after that.”
This “solution” will likely never happen, mainly due to the 12-team College Football Playoff structure that could expand to 14 teams in the coming years, so unless the regular season begins even earlier, the most realistic solution is more oversight on potential tampering and not allowing players to transfer more than twice.
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