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NCAA Rule Change Shortens CFB, CBB Transfer Window to 30 Days; 2 Periods for Football

Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVOctober 8, 2024

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The NCAA's Division I Council voted on Tuesday to shorten the transfer portal windows for men's FBS and FCS football and men's basketball to 30 total days, per multiple sources.

The winter window for football will take place over 20 days, while the spring window will have 10 days in total.

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach

News: The NCAA Division I Council has voted to shorten the transfer portal windows for FBS football, FCS football and men's basketball from 45 total days to 30 days, source tells <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCSports</a>. Football will continue to have a spring window.

Max Olson @max_olson

NCAA moving forward with 30 days for portal windows in football this year:<br><br>December 9-28<br><br>April 16-25 <a href="https://t.co/lbFdD21YOa">https://t.co/lbFdD21YOa</a>

The transfer portal has proven to be a controversial addition to college sports.

The positive side has been that it offers athletes more mobility and the freedom to leave situations that don't suit their own futures. It also offers top programs the chance to add an influx of more experienced talent immediately, creating a new form of program-building for coaches.

Ralph D. Russo @ralphDrussoATH

Spring portal window remains. From talking to folks there was some concern about removing that this year, when there is transition from scholarship limits to roster limits that could influence some roster management decisions. <a href="https://t.co/5I0oaV80VR">https://t.co/5I0oaV80VR</a>

Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach

Reminder: Athletes have to enter the portal during the window, but they do not have to commit to their new school by the time it closes <a href="https://t.co/FSJCOeyt1v">https://t.co/FSJCOeyt1v</a>

The downside has been that it creates a more hectic schedule for coaches, especially in a winter window that coincides with bowl season and comes shortly after National Signing Day.

More and more college football players, in particular, are also choosing to opt out of seasons early and announce their intentions to enter the portal. In some cases, those players—like UNLV running back Michael Allen and Matt Sluka—have chosen to redshirt this season and enter the portal after saying that NIL promises weren't made.

Other players, like Alabama junior defensive tackle Jehiem Oatis, chose to redshirt and enter the portal after being unhappy with the playing time he's received this season. Leaving the Crimson Tide will offer him the opportunity to find a situation where he could receive more snaps and put out more tape for NFL evaluators.

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"Getting the reps and looks that I'm getting, I feel like it's better for me to move on somewhere new," he told ESPN's Pete Thamel.

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix @haha_cd6

Players are opting out to redshirt a year because they didn't get playing time? What about creating good habits and working on your craft? Just quit. No more reps at practice no more routines? Just go into the portal rusty? Got it. 📝

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix @haha_cd6

It's not that it's ruining college football but it's hurting our youth who need these times to face adversity, develop good habits and character as young men so success carries over into the next chapter of life.

The transfer portal continues to divide opinion, but it is here to stay, at least in the current landscape of college sports.

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