Question: Can a player in the portal remove his name, and stay at his original school, no questions asked? Or does the original school have to "accept" him back?
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The original school is under no obligation to honor that player’s scholarship once he enters the portal.
I'm not sure of all the particulars, but just because they enter the portal doesn't mean they're gone. And as far as I know, when you're offered a DI scholarship that isn't a year to year thing, at least for the full ride sports, so unless you really screw up you've got a 4 year scholarship? I really don't know, it's more complicated than ever with the transfer portal and Covid in the mix. Coach gets fired you can transfer without penalty, etc. Lot to chew on if you're not part of that process.
That definitely makes sense, would be a real bear waiting around to fill your roster if your portal players decide to stay after several months of searching. Better be damn sure you're wanted elsewhere.
If I were one of those kids, I'd be looking for an Ivy League school. You can't beat a free world class education that will certainly put you on top of the resume piles when applying to jobs.
The Ivy League doesn't give athletic scholarships. Financial aid packages can be generous, though, depending upon a family's income, a student-athlete's academic record, and eligibility for other designated scholarships. There are other top universities offering athlethic scholarships that would provide similar educational/career opportunities. One such school is Rice University, which has recently signed a couple of grad transfers.
Actually, the Ivy League doesn't offer academic scholarships either. Everything is based on financial need.
They may not be called athletic scholarships, but the players education is paid for.
As I said, I could see this really cooling off in a year or two. And I think your 25% number is on the light side. Once a bunch of these kids are left with no chair when the music stops for a year or two, I'll bet it slows down some.....
The challenge with Foster is finding a way to light a fire under him. If someone can do that and he's healthy, he could be a helluva player.
Seeing a few guys returning to their school--particularly Indiana with Thompson, Lander and Geronimo all returning if 247 sports is accurate.
The new transfer rules coupled with NIL (if it comes to pass) could make for a terrible situation. Bluebloods with national appeal could set up big advertising gigs and entice the best players to transfer.
I'm not too worried about high school recruits because the best guys already go to those blueblood schools. But if a guy develops like Garza, he may get more lucrative opportunities at schools that have more marketability, even national reach in some cases. It could be hard for some schools to hang on to guys that develop into all-conference or all-American players.
I hate to see relaxed transfer rules and allowing players to profit from NIL at the same time.
Stanford is the place I always think of in this regard. If I had a son or daughter good enough to get a full ride offer there, that one would be at the top of my list. Highly regarded school with multiple high profile alumni in numerous fields. Would be an outstanding network to be hooked into.
Not that I've seen specifically, but I've read numerous articles saying that alot of these guys are finding out once they enter the portal that they have no where to go, and their old school does not have to keep them. It only makes sense if you look at the numbers. Around 5500 D1 players and something like 1400 players in the portal. Thats about 25% of all the players in D1. Then you have all the incoming freshman already committed. Now because of the virus, these schools may have some wiggle room this year, but still not nearly enough. Future years if they were anything like this one, and there is simply no way that many kids could change schools. There will always be a spot for some kids who have burst on the scene, (say Keegan as an example, heaven forbid), but a lot of these guys are looking for greener pastures of have simply overvalued their own skills, and probably are no where near as appealing to other schools as they think they are.
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