ESPN: Lashlee calls for end to December portal window

[PonyPride]

From ESPN.com:

SMU coach Rhett Lashlee calls for end to December portal window

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior Writer

SMU coach Rhett Lashlee suggested the December portal window should be eliminated, decrying that players have to make decisions about whether to transfer or play in the College Football Playoff.

Speaking Tuesday during his news conference before a CFP first-round matchup against Penn State on Saturday, Lashlee said having an open portal window while prepping for postseason games is "terrible," while also noting the decision that Penn State backup quarterback Beau Pribula made to enter the portal.

"I feel so awful for our kids and kids around the country," Lashlee said. "There's no other sport at all that has free agency in the season. It's sad. It's terrible. You hear the story about their backup quarterback saying, 'I don't have a choice.' That's wrong. That's unacceptable. That's not OK. He shouldn't have to make that decision.'"

SMU backup quarterback Preston Stone, who lost his starting job in Week 3, has chosen to stay with the Mustangs for their playoff run, but Lashlee said, "We're working with him, but it's still a juggling act."

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[BUS]

Rhett is right again. Something should also be put in about grades and accepting classes at another school. What about progress for a degree?????

No Thugs. No Drugs.
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[soccermom]

I agree. They need to put something in place that once NIL $ is accepted the school is guaranteed at least 2 playing seasons from the player. They shouldn’t be able to take $ and jump ship every spring.

[highlander]

Anyone with knowledge of the transfer portal schedule and the playoff schedule should have seen this coming. But many people are just now noticing that this is a problem.

Also, I agree with the concept of the transfer portal, but I think the rule should be you can only do it once, unless the head coach at your second school leaves. So many players are on their third and fourth stop, many times just chasing more money and not giving a rip about their education.

[peruna81]

Well, when you have a platform to express a needed change, and people are listening, I'm grateful he did it.

[BUS]

I hope that when Rhett leaves SMU he is bald, chubby and wrinkled. In other words, he will have been wildly successful and appreciated.

He knows that God loves him, and he walks the walk.

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[SMUer]

The fact that they don't have to wait until grades and credits are reported really signals that NCAA is a professional league whose players sometimes go to classes.

[indianmustang]

Iguess that the reason we are seeing players confirming commitment tweets again.