Georgia Bulldogs: Major changes could be coming to the transfer portal

College Football has undergone an abundance of change over the last half-decade, some of which has made the game more enjoyable, while other aspects still need to be fine-tuned. Among the rules that make absolutely no sense is the current format of the transfer portal.

Right now, there are two transfer portal windows, one in the winter and one in the spring. Theoretically, it matches school schedules, allowing players to transfer in between semesters. However, acting as if all of these kids are just student-athletes when all of this money is involved is silly.

The result of the current transfer portal is forcing kids to transfer out of their respective programs ahead of bowl season and even before College Football Playoff games. One of the most notable examples of that this year was Penn State’s backup quarterback Beau Pribula, who was getting some playing time in special packages for the Nittany Lions, but had to transfer before the College Football Playoff after Drew Allar announced he would be returning for his senior season.

It’s ridiculous for a kid to have to make that type of decision when all he should be thinking about is helping his team win a national championship. It’s also absurd for the programs to have to deal with during the most important time of the entire year. The transfer portal windows must be adjusted, and according to Ross Delenger, a change could be on its way.

“AFCA head coaches are proposing to move the transfer portal to a 10-day window in early January after bowl games with spring window eliminated (except for graduate transfers),” Dellenger recently reported on Twitter/X. 

This should be a no-brainer. There’s absolutely no reason players and coaches on teams in the College Football Playoff should be dealing with these kinds of issues ahead of what’s supposed to be a celebration of the greatest sport on earth.

Beyond that, programs that are represented in the College Football Playoff also aren’t able to be fully involved in hosting and recruiting players that enter the transfer portal, which puts them at a disadvantage in the process. It has to change, and hopefully, those changes happen this offseason.

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