- January 2nd, 2026, 9:46 am
#668155
Oh absolutely—because apparently the Transfer Portal just dropped yesterday, right? 
For the ASOR armchair homers clutching their pearls: the portal has been wide open since 2018. That’s 6–7 years now. Not a beta test. Not a trial run. Long enough that even the slowest “football minds” should’ve figured it out by now.
And let’s not forget the real plot twist—the no sit-out version has been around since 2021. That’s 4 full seasons of players being able to leave without doing a year in witness protection. This isn’t new. This isn’t sudden. This isn’t “the game just changed overnight.”
At this point, still blaming the portal is like blaming the forward pass in 1940. Programs that adapt recruit the portal. Programs that don’t… run to message boards and scream about “loyalty” while their roster gets lapped.
The portal isn’t ruining your program.
Your inability to understand it after 6–7 years might be.
For the ASOR armchair homers clutching their pearls: the portal has been wide open since 2018. That’s 6–7 years now. Not a beta test. Not a trial run. Long enough that even the slowest “football minds” should’ve figured it out by now.
And let’s not forget the real plot twist—the no sit-out version has been around since 2021. That’s 4 full seasons of players being able to leave without doing a year in witness protection. This isn’t new. This isn’t sudden. This isn’t “the game just changed overnight.”
At this point, still blaming the portal is like blaming the forward pass in 1940. Programs that adapt recruit the portal. Programs that don’t… run to message boards and scream about “loyalty” while their roster gets lapped.
The portal isn’t ruining your program.
Your inability to understand it after 6–7 years might be.
- By Humble_Opinion