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The transfer portal has had lots of critics, but it might be the best thing to ever happen to CFB from a competitive and entertainment standpoint. Yesterday we watched multiple ranked teams go down to unranked opponents and even more had close games (Miami) that they barely eeked out a win in. I don't recall ever seeing a Saturday of football like that. That's more or less been the story of this season so far.
The reasons why seem evident. With the transfer portal top teams can no longer stockpile talent, top athletes no longer have to ride the bench and can transfer to some place they can play. Some thought this would mean the rich would get richer, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case. Instead kids who would ride the bench at an elite program can go to a good program & play immediately and a kid that would ride the bench at a good program can go to a G5 program and play immediately. The ultimate result being teams getting better overall and the talent level on the field being better overall.
- Dare we say from the average fan's perspective CFB has improved?
The reasons why seem evident. With the transfer portal top teams can no longer stockpile talent, top athletes no longer have to ride the bench and can transfer to some place they can play. Some thought this would mean the rich would get richer, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case. Instead kids who would ride the bench at an elite program can go to a good program & play immediately and a kid that would ride the bench at a good program can go to a G5 program and play immediately. The ultimate result being teams getting better overall and the talent level on the field being better overall.
- Dare we say from the average fan's perspective CFB has improved?
