The Transfer Portal, Explained

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

If you are a college sports fan, odds are you’ve heard the words “transfer portal” way too many times recently … and that’s not a coincidence. Athletes are entering the transfer portal at higher rates now than ever before. For example, At least 71 football players from the University of Colorado have entered the portal since last August, and 61 have entered since Deion Sanders was named head coach of the Buffs in December. But football isn’t the only sport that’s seeing a large number of players using the portal. Maryland transfer Angel Reese recently led the LSU Women’s Basketball team to a national title, and since then, former Louisville star Haley Van Lith and DePaul standout Aneesah Morrow have also joined the Tigers. With so many players taking advantage of the transfer portal now, it is clear to see that the landscape of college sports has seismically changed. So today, Tom VanHaaren joins the show to tell us all about the transfer portal…and why it’s changing the game in college sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's my RemetKat.
0:03.4	I know you're used to hearing me join the show to explain what's happening in the World
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0:20.6	I'll be with you the rest of the week, helping this podcast do what it's always done.
0:25.4	Tell the best sports stories in audio, day in and day out.
0:29.0	Thanks for listening.
0:36.4	Tom VanHarrin when Coach Deont Sanders first met with his new team on December 4th, 2022.
0:43.7	After being high by the University of Colorado, he said this,
0:47.6	so I want you all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the form and do whatever you don't get
0:53.2	because you don't get a little bit.
0:56.3	When you heard Deont basically say you ain't got to go home, but you can't stay here.
1:01.9	What did you think of that?
1:03.1	Yeah, well, when he when he promised that statement by saying he's bringing his own luggage
1:07.1	and it's Louis, I knew he was serious, right?
1:09.8	You know, it was a strategy that he used at Jackson State to bring in his guys.
1:14.4	And it's a new strategy that a lot of coaches are doing to turn over the roster.
1:19.0	And at the time when I heard it, I kind of felt like it was a little bit of a scare tactic,
1:24.4	a little bit of truth and maybe a little bit of motivation for some of the guys that he did
1:29.1	want to stick around, but wants to play better.
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