Change is coming to college football…again.
Tre’Jean Watkins | NILvana Sports
The NCAA Oversight Committee has voted to shake up the transfer portal period, ending the spring transfer portal period and electing a 10-day transfer portal period in January. This leaves us with only one period of movement in the transfer portal.
What remains from the previous portal rules is that if a coach is fired or leaves for another program, players will retain a 30-day window to traverse the portal.
This vote isn’t official, though, as the NCAA D-1 Administrative Committee needs to pass it for it to be fully implemented. That vote will occur on October 1st, and if passed, the change would go into effect after the 2025 season.
Previously, there was a 20-day portal period in December and a 10-day period in April, which created a hectic time for programs across the country regarding player movement. But with a one-day period now on the verge of being in place, it appears player movement is finally being corralled.
Here are some other changes that will and/or might result from the 10-day portal period, which is now about to be made official.
Spring Games Return?
Spring games have been a staple of college football heritage for years now, marking the end of spring practices. However, that tradition has been threatened over the past two years, all because coaches are afraid of the games attracting portal interest.
It’s a wild idea, right? Well, it seemed like one, at least until Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule cancelled the program’s traditional spring game, all because of portal interest as a result of the game from the year prior.
This caused quite a stir and only heightened tensions between programs and the spring portal period. But now, with the spring portal potentially being eliminated, spring games could be on the verge of being brought back in their traditional form, all without fear of players receiving extra attention and leaving the team in the blink of an eye.
That’d be a welcome development since spring games are a historic tradition that only college football can maintain.
