The Official Transfer Portal Thread

[I love Zippy]

Just a curious question. We currently have 6 student-athletes in the transfer portal. I know they have been removed from the team roster, but are they permitted to finish the semester on their scholarships and are those players still attending classes?

[Captain Kangaroo]

Who's in it? Who's not? How do these soon-to-be-ex-Zips stack up against the portal entries from other MAC programs? National articles on The Transfer Portal...it all falls under this topic.

[Captain Kangaroo]

3 hours ago, I love Zippy said:

Just a curious question. We currently have 6 student-athletes in the transfer portal. I know they have been removed from the team roster, but are they permitted to finish the semester on their scholarships and are those players still attending classes?

Rather than having 6 student athletes in the portal, I think we now have 6 athletic students. They can tear-up the US Intramural League for a short bit this fall before moving on.

 

I assume their scholarship holds through the end of the semester, since it is already paid. 

 

You'd think a requirement for them getting a scholarship is to attend classes? And they would be much more marketable to another University if they were in good academic standing, rather than dropping out. 

 

Other than Dre, I can't believe any of the Portal 6 are going to play at the D1-A level again.

[I love Zippy]

59 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Rather than having 6 student athletes in the portal, I think we now have 6 athletic students. They can tear-up the US Intramural League for a short bit this fall before moving on.

 

I assume their scholarship holds through the end of the semester, since it is already paid. 

 

You'd think a requirement for them getting a scholarship is to attend classes? And they would be much more marketable to another University if they were in good academic standing, rather than dropping out. 

 

Other than Dre, I can't believe any of the Portal 6 are going to play at the D1-A level again.

Thanks Captain!  I hope they are taking advantage of finishing the semester.  

[Blue & Gold]

247Sports dot com 2020 Transfer Portal - Akron

[ZipsVoice]

2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

And they would be much more marketable to another University if they were in good academic standing, rather than dropping out. 

I agree, if I were these guys I'd at least show signs to would-be suitors that "I can handle the class work and keep academically elegible".

 

2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Other than Dre, I can't believe any of the Portal 6 are going to play at the D1-A level again

Agree again.  The others weren't getting PT for whatever reason and most were TB's recruits, and didn't get PT under that staff as well.

[LZIp]

Another freshman DB - Tyson McDonald - already transferring. Sheesh.

[Captain Kangaroo]

27 minutes ago, LZIp said:

Another freshman DB - Tyson McDonald - already transferring. Sheesh.

Odd...he was getting a lot of pt.

[94zipgrad]

20 minutes ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Odd...he was getting a lot of pt.

He played in 3 games, started in 2, he will be able to redshirt if he finds a new home

[Zipmeister]

10 minutes ago, 94zipgrad said:

He played in 3 games, started in 2, he will be able to redshirt if he finds a new home

 

I'm thinking this season will be his redshirt year and he doesn't need to find a new team to redshirt this year, right?

[94zipgrad]

9 minutes ago, Zipmeister said:

 

I'm thinking this season will be his redshirt year and he doesn't need to find a new team to redshirt this year, right?

When you enter the portal you are off the team, he has been removed from roster already.  He can redshirt since he played less than 4 games but it doesn’t matter unless someone picks him up

[zzx]

Noticed a couple players on the roster that transferred in:

 

Kenyon Sholty TE from Indiana State: Video article

 

 

 

another video:

 

 

 

also

 

Marcalin Hairston RB from Eastern Michigan