Since this is a pro sport now, we need to have multi-year contracts for players, just like we do for coaches, including buyout clauses, etc to reduce churn otherwise fans are going to start tuning out en masse. Many already have.
This concept has been rattling around my (lawyer) brain for awhile now. I keep wondering: aren't there contracts? Who is drafting these things? Why (for example) doesn't a top player sitting out a bowl game pay a financial price? Why aren't there multi-year deals? All these things can be structured now that pay-for-play is legal.
Such is life in the portal era. I know it stings, but if coaches are free to move around, why not players? I hope that Lupoi's recruting chops translate to the portal, whether that means reeling in new players or keeiping good players on board.
Make it a permanent open portal year round, including during the season. And do fun incentives like wheel barrels of cash dumped into the end zone during games, then it gets set on fire if the team doesn't score.
Here's the devil's advocate side... TBH, I'm not completely upset by the news. The last few games of the season we saw a lot more Harrison Taggert and Aaron Hampton making plays than Ferrelli. His people are in his ear, telling him he can make much more somewhere else? If he don't wanna be here? Adios, muchacho! Ask Jadyn Ott how taking the $$$ worked out for him. 🙄
Not to mention, I'm sure Tosh has a pretty good feel for defensive talent at this point. For all we know, Luke may have been given "incentive" to look elsewhere, ACC award notwithstanding. 🤷♂️
So, here’s a guy with a ton of promise (ACC defensive ROY) with a defensive coaching whiz (I toyed with mastermind, wunderkind and some other adjectives) coming in, why would he leave now? Not the coach who recruited him? He expects Tosh to bring in a slate of talent who will beat him out (a good problem for us fans…)? If the latter is true then you’d expect Cal to be a very strong team; isn’t that better than playing for a weaker team because you may get more playing time? Seems like too early a move to me and I wish Luke would stay…..
Since this is a pro sport now, we need to have multi-year contracts for players, just like we do for coaches, including buyout clauses, etc to reduce churn otherwise fans are going to start tuning out en masse. Many already have.
This concept has been rattling around my (lawyer) brain for awhile now. I keep wondering: aren't there contracts? Who is drafting these things? Why (for example) doesn't a top player sitting out a bowl game pay a financial price? Why aren't there multi-year deals? All these things can be structured now that pay-for-play is legal.
OH NO!
Hopefully Coach Lupoi will bring all the portal players he wants back to CAL!
Such is life in the portal era. I know it stings, but if coaches are free to move around, why not players? I hope that Lupoi's recruting chops translate to the portal, whether that means reeling in new players or keeiping good players on board.
I hope Oregon loses a quick, low scoring game tomorrow!
Oh well on that…..
Lame!
Totes…. But glad we’re getting a guy from THAT juggernaut!!!
Yeah, they might as well win it all now..
I have a hard time not rooting for Fernando and IU. Time for SOMEONE else to win something
Every player in the country should go into the transfer portal every year.
Make it a permanent open portal year round, including during the season. And do fun incentives like wheel barrels of cash dumped into the end zone during games, then it gets set on fire if the team doesn't score.
Bonus if you switch over to the opposing team at halftime.
At some point in the near future, I expect Tosh should be announcing transfers into Cal via the Portal.
Here's the devil's advocate side... TBH, I'm not completely upset by the news. The last few games of the season we saw a lot more Harrison Taggert and Aaron Hampton making plays than Ferrelli. His people are in his ear, telling him he can make much more somewhere else? If he don't wanna be here? Adios, muchacho! Ask Jadyn Ott how taking the $$$ worked out for him. 🙄
Not to mention, I'm sure Tosh has a pretty good feel for defensive talent at this point. For all we know, Luke may have been given "incentive" to look elsewhere, ACC award notwithstanding. 🤷♂️
So, here’s a guy with a ton of promise (ACC defensive ROY) with a defensive coaching whiz (I toyed with mastermind, wunderkind and some other adjectives) coming in, why would he leave now? Not the coach who recruited him? He expects Tosh to bring in a slate of talent who will beat him out (a good problem for us fans…)? If the latter is true then you’d expect Cal to be a very strong team; isn’t that better than playing for a weaker team because you may get more playing time? Seems like too early a move to me and I wish Luke would stay…..
Could be just testing the waters