Possible major change to the Portal (if enacted)

[76-1]

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-moves-step-closer-to-single-football-transfer-portal-window-changes-redshirt-rule

The way I read that there will only be one 30 day Portal window... : 12/9/24 - 1/7/25 (this year)
The after Spring Practice one will be no more...

I guess we'll know within the month whether this has passed or not since it's supposed to take effect on December ninth...

Cignetti and Staff proved they can deal with this sort of tight window last year so with a year to prepare there's no reason to believe they shouldn't be able to handle things well again...

The wild card this time is that they'll probably only be one or two JMU guys in the mix but we also hopefully won't need more 16 or 17 total Portal guys versus the more than 20 plus we brought in last time around...

We would seem to be well positioned already given that we appear to check every box that a player might want in that situation... The word has to be out there nationally by now...

 

[Bowlmania]

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-moves-step-closer-to-single-football-transfer-portal-window-changes-redshirt-rule

The way I read that there will only be one 30 day Portal window... : 12/9/24 - 1/7/25 (this year)
The after Spring Practice one will be no more...

I guess we'll know within the month whether this has passed or not since it's supposed to take effect on December ninth...

Cignetti and Staff proved they can deal with this sort of tight window last year so with a year to prepare there's no reason to believe they shouldn't be able to handle things well again...

The wild card this time is that they'll probably only be one or two JMU guys in the mix but we also hopefully won't need more 16 or 17 total Portal guys versus the more than 20 plus we brought in last time around...

We would seem to be well positioned already given that we appear to check every box that a player might want in that situations... The word has to be out there nationally by now...

He's proven to be the master of the portal. Going forward, he should be able to shift more of the emphasis to traditional high school recruiting while still pulling from the portal as necessary.

Guy's a genius and I still can't believe he wasn't head coaching a P4/5 team long before this. Kudos again to Dolson. This may have been the best move by an AD at IU since Orwig hired Knight.

 

[76-1]

The other important change (if enacted) mentioned in that article is that Redshirt players will receive their 4 regular seasons games (that won't trigger burning their RS) but also be able to play in any post regular season Championships, Bowl Games and Playoff Games without having them count against their Red Shirt...

That's a Big Deal... Suddenly you've got a pool of another 20 plus relatively fresh players to go to in the post season..., and they can get their feet wet in big games...

 

[CG Paul]

https://footballscoop.com/news/ncaa-moves-step-closer-to-single-football-transfer-portal-window-changes-redshirt-rule

The way I read that there will only be one 30 day Portal window... : 12/9/24 - 1/7/25 (this year)
The after Spring Practice one will be no more...

I guess we'll know within the month whether this has passed or not since it's supposed to take effect on December ninth...

Cignetti and Staff proved they can deal with this sort of tight window last year so with a year to prepare there's no reason to believe they shouldn't be able to handle things well again...

The wild card this time is that they'll probably only be one or two JMU guys in the mix but we also hopefully won't need more 16 or 17 total Portal guys versus the more than 20 plus we brought in last time around...

We would seem to be well positioned already given that we appear to check every box that a player might want in that situation... The word has to be out there nationally by now...

Another difference this season is that IU will still be preparing for and playing games versus just managing the roster.

TBS, I’m sure Cig and staff will be prepared for that, too.

 

[vesuvius13]

This off-season will be far different than the past several seasons. The extra practices should really help IU for next season not to mention making IU a great destination for recruits and transfers.

 

[Crossblock]

Don't forget that with respect to the Portal, this should be the last year in which We have the older Players Who received the free bonus COVID Year added to their Eligibility Period. This should mean fewer Players in the Portal overall, and a lesser average age of Players.