2026 Badger Football Thread

[HowardK4]

Or better yet; if they are going to unenroll from School A and then enroll at School B outside of the transfer portal window, then the old rule of having to sit out a year should apply. If not, then why even have a transfer portal window as I asked earlier?

 

[Mark87]

"i get what you're saying howard, and i have had the same thoughts. but, one thing i think we forget is that these student athletes are technically being paid for "name image & likeness" - not to play. i think that's what opens up this can of worms we have. the two are not inseparable. i think the whole situation is going to be very difficult to fix."

while they are getting paid for their "NIL" - saying it's "not to play" is a simplification as they are getting paid because they "are on the team to play". I think that's the can of worms - their NIL value is directly tied to their playing. They're not getting paid for NIL if they haven't committed to play on the team to start with.

Look, it doesn't matter because the highest court ruled on it... that ruling was really clear. The NCAA doesn't have rat spit to say about it... the schools were given a fairly well-defined direction. Boo hoo, we don't like and want to make our own rules, will only piss off those justices more.... do I agree with it ? No, I said that early and often, but that's what we got.