I know this would never happen but I wish the NCAA or someone would mandate theses changes to the portal:
1. If a player enters the portal and the coaching staff does not want them to leave, then the school who the player is transfer to has to negotiate a "transfer fee" to pay the school that the player is departing from. If a big school wants a kid really bad then they should have to pay up for them. Why shouldn't the school that developed the player get nothing back in return?
2. If a player and coach both agree that it's best for a player to enter the portal, then the player can transfer on a "free" and no transfer fee needs to be paid.
3.Only scholarship players can play in a game. This way players who wants to transfer out will know that they can't play next year if they don't get a scholarship offer.
I'm all for kids getting the most out of their God given talent but this could help curb the chaos every year of the transfer portal and more kids might stick with their initial team instead of getting poached by a bigger programs. I know things would sting a lot less for us Zips fans if we knew we were getting something in return for all the players leaving and it could even help finance the football program.