Football team withdraws from bowl game due to half the team entering transfer portal

[LadyStanley]

Sources: Marshall opts out of Independence Bowl vs. Army due to a lack of players

Coach Charles Huff is now at Southern Miss and numerous Marshall players have entered the transfer portal.

sports.yahoo.com

25 players have entered portal after coach leaves school.

Why is NCAA allowing hiring if new coaches before bowls causing this confusion?

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[WarriorofTime]

It’s mostly the issue of the transfer portal opening up prior to bowl games. They should just wait until the season ends. Players can still opt out but the portal opening up leads to this.

 

[StreetHawk]

The flip side for the Kids, is that they want to enroll at their new school by Jan and participiate in spring practices. So, I get the portal being open in Dec for them to make their decisions.

But, it impacts the Bowl games, which for nothing else, (as I saw former USC QB Max Browne talk about it on his IG channel), that these bowl games matter to their schools for the extra practices it allows them to have for the guys who will be there next season.

NCAA has to find a way to make it all work.