Chip: NCAA's database for prospective transfers topples barriers for athletes

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A Division I basketball coach was on the recruiting trail one day this summer. Except he wasn’t on the road in a high school gym watching AAU games. He was sitting at his desk on his computer, scrolling through the NCAA transfer portal.

“Speed dating,” he joked.

Unveiled on Oct. 15, the transfer portal is a database that contains the names of NCAA athletes in every sport who intend to transfer to another school. Nine months later, college football teams will open training camps this week with rosters reflecting this sweeping change. The ease with which athletes can transfer has resulted in thousands of names being entered into the database.

The NCAA created the portal to give athletes more control of their situations and make the transfer process more convenient and transparent. Coaches have compared the portal to a waiver wire used in professional sports, and they monitor it regularly — daily, maybe even hourly — as another recruiting source.

“Everybody’s looking hard at the transfer portal and how does that factor into your recruiting,” Penn State football coach James Franklin said. “It’s an interesting circumstance that we’re all in, but it’s where we’re at right now, and you better embrace it.”

In pre-portal days, an athlete needed permission from his or her coach to contact another school about transferring. Coaches could block or place restrictions on which schools the athlete could contact, which created public relations nightmares for schools if those tactics became public.

http://www.startribune.com/ncaa-s-d...fers-topples-barriers-for-athletes/513369282/

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