Penn State’s James Franklin voices opinion on NIL, transfers in college football

It’s no secret that the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed the landscape of college athletics — particularly college football.

It’s a recent development, Penn State football coach James Franklin said, that doesn’t necessarily bode well for the sport.

“We’ve been on a slippery slope for a while,” Franklin said at his winter news conference on Tuesday. “The college football that we’ve all known, that’s not coming back.

“I don’t think (college football) is heading in the right direction, for anybody. Don’t think it is right for players. Before coaches went too far and were limiting where players could transfer. (Now) they were abusing that. We went from one extreme to the other.”

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Franklin also spoke at length about players’ ability to transfer, and Penn State’s involvement with the portal — even calling the Nittany Lions not as “big” of a transfer program during his tenure in State College.

This offseason Penn State added six “complementary” players through the portal, including Ohio State wide receiver Julian Fleming, Wisconsin offensive lineman Nolan Rucci, Georgia cornerback A.J. Harris, Florida cornerback Jalen Kimber, Tulsa kicker Chase Meyer and Wisconsin defensive end Jordan Mayer.

The Nittany Lions also lost six players to the portal this offseason as well.

“You can’t tell me it’s good for the student-athletes to transfer three, four times. Every time you transfer the likelihood of graduating goes down. I don’t think that’s in anybody’s best interest,” Franklin said. “The ability to overcome adversity in college athletics is really important. I think we have lost some of that.”

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Author : York Daily Record

Publish date : 2024-02-13 23:08:14

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