What disgruntled argument? Maybe you shouldn't project your feelings.
Simply pointing out that Mutts didn't just move around from P5 team to another P5 team like a lot of these guys (although someone pointed out that a lot of these guys in the portal end up moving down or not finding a school at all?)
Someone missed Mutt's high school evaluation or he improved a lot his first two years.
I don't like the portal but since coaches are allowed to move whenever/wherever they want with no issues/restrictions you have to let the athletes do it as well. Also, since scholarships are really only one year (I believe) then only fair to allow the athlete to move on after that one year.
IMHO, still TBD long-term effect on the game in fan interest. UK has been doing the one-and-done routine for years and I know several UK fans that say they don't follow the team as much as they did because the team turns over every year. Maybe you just get used to the new norm.
Thread Replies (98)
Alleyne back on the portal market **
-- millmtnhokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 01:57 PM ET
millmtnhokie
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04/13/23 01:57 PM ET
A few of the UCONN fans are humorous, they just won a natty and complaining**
-- Tuckahokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:00 AM ET
Tuckahokie
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04/14/23 11:00 AM ET
Must be a nice problem to have. **
-- VaTechHokiesACC
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:17 PM ET
VaTechHokiesACC
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04/14/23 09:17 PM ET
One possibility is that there’s a certain graduate program he wants…
-- ombandit
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:44 AM ET
ombandit
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04/14/23 06:44 AM ET
Yeah you’re onto something. Mens BB unicorns do exist**
-- JackDSML
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:09 AM ET
JackDSML
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04/14/23 09:09 AM ET
Adam Smith is about the only player I've every seen do that
-- hoosnowahokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:30 AM ET
hoosnowahokie
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04/14/23 08:30 AM ET
Pamplin has few VT athletes in the Data Analytics Masters program
-- UpperQuad
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:49 PM ET
UpperQuad
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04/14/23 09:49 PM ET
It's starting/playing time. He wants more minutes to showcase his talent**
-- HokieRat
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:14 AM ET
HokieRat
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04/14/23 08:14 AM ET
It’s always about playing time. Ask any coach. Signed A Coach**
-- JackDSML
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:17 AM ET
JackDSML
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04/14/23 09:17 AM ET
Love the back to VT tweet.**
-- atlhokie1
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:01 PM ET
atlhokie1
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04/13/23 10:01 PM ET
The portal and NIL have completely killed college athletics
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 08:50 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 08:50 PM ET
No, just changed the traditional form of college athletics
-- NC Hoke
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:30 AM ET
NC Hoke
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04/14/23 11:30 AM ET
No. The transfers done and money made by everyone but the players
-- Gator Hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:35 AM ET
Gator Hokie
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04/14/23 09:35 AM ET
Quite the opposite. The portal has brought better parity
-- hoosnowahokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:26 AM ET
hoosnowahokie
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04/14/23 08:26 AM ET
Of course this assumes parity makes sports better - which IMO it doesn't
-- marcbvtgm
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:38 AM ET
marcbvtgm
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04/14/23 09:38 AM ET
Great games happen when the teams are evenly matched
-- soflahokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:56 AM ET
soflahokie
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04/14/23 11:56 AM ET
NIL just put (almost) everything that was under the table, above the table.
-- WholeLottaHokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:52 AM ET
WholeLottaHokie
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04/14/23 08:52 AM ET
Angela Reese is raking in $1.3M**
-- HokieDan95
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:43 PM ET
HokieDan95
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04/13/23 09:43 PM ET
So you have proven my point...
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:15 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:15 PM ET
So you begrudge her making bank now
-- hoosnowahokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:29 AM ET
hoosnowahokie
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04/14/23 08:29 AM ET
Yes, the portal killed a billion dollar industry...
-- GCHokie34
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:29 PM ET
GCHokie34
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04/13/23 09:29 PM ET
Yeah sure, so college b’ball is an “Industry” now,you just made his point**
-- ombandit
Apr 14, 2023 at 12:39 AM ET
ombandit
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04/14/23 12:39 AM ET
It has been an industry for 50+ years...
-- GCHokie34
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:17 AM ET
GCHokie34
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04/14/23 11:17 AM ET
It became an industry long before the portal or NIL, so don't see how the
-- BG Hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 09:34 AM ET
BG Hokie
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04/14/23 09:34 AM ET
An athlete is not fired and kicked out of school for poor performance
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:27 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:27 PM ET
Players are kicked off a team for bad performance every yr at every school
-- GCHokie34
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:19 AM ET
GCHokie34
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04/14/23 11:19 AM ET
No but their scholarship might not be renewed. CMY seems to have sent
-- atlhokie1
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:06 AM ET
atlhokie1
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04/14/23 08:06 AM ET
You’re correct money corrupts everything sooner or later. If you can’t see
-- uber hokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:43 PM ET
uber hokie
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04/13/23 10:43 PM ET
Viewership has remained the same or grown since the Portals inception
-- GCHokie34
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:20 AM ET
GCHokie34
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04/14/23 11:20 AM ET
Proof source ?? Just finished reading articles with numbers from last
-- uber hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 05:18 PM ET
uber hokie
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04/14/23 05:18 PM ET
Money is the root of all evil.**
-- LXNTN_HOKIE
Apr 14, 2023 at 02:46 AM ET
LXNTN_HOKIE
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04/14/23 02:46 AM ET
The love of money is the root of all evil. **
-- millmtnhokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:48 AM ET
millmtnhokie
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04/14/23 06:48 AM ET
Yes, this comes from the most
-- GCHokieof91
Apr 14, 2023 at 12:19 PM ET
GCHokieof91
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04/14/23 12:19 PM ET
Thanks for making the correct statement**
-- VTCALS72
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:57 AM ET
VTCALS72
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04/14/23 06:57 AM ET
Money don’t talk, it swears! **
-- ombandit
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:42 AM ET
ombandit
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04/14/23 06:42 AM ET
How in God's name could you ever be in support of the portal?**
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:41 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 09:41 PM ET
Freedom of movement. They aren’t indentured servants.**
-- Femoyer Hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:25 AM ET
Femoyer Hokie
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04/14/23 11:25 AM ET
It’s not just the portal it’s the NIL also. **
-- uber hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 05:21 PM ET
uber hokie
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04/14/23 05:21 PM ET
Fans only complain about the portal when they lose players that they want..
-- vtbball80
Apr 14, 2023 at 10:44 AM ET
vtbball80
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04/14/23 10:44 AM ET
Because every college student can transfer whether they want.
-- st_andrew
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:46 PM ET
st_andrew
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04/13/23 09:46 PM ET
I went in and out of the portal several times during the completion of my
-- IB4TECH
Apr 15, 2023 at 01:46 PM ET
IB4TECH
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04/15/23 01:46 PM ET
I liked it better when players had to sit out a year.**
-- LXNTN_HOKIE
Apr 14, 2023 at 02:48 AM ET
LXNTN_HOKIE
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04/14/23 02:48 AM ET
I wish they would bring that rule back.
-- NC Hoke
Apr 14, 2023 at 12:09 PM ET
NC Hoke
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04/14/23 12:09 PM ET
You are comparing apples and oranges**
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:16 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:16 PM ET
Ahhh the old company scrip argument
-- st_andrew
Apr 14, 2023 at 07:06 AM ET
st_andrew
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04/14/23 07:06 AM ET
What a crock. You are saying the payment for a college education
-- VTCALS72
Apr 14, 2023 at 07:13 AM ET
VTCALS72
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04/14/23 07:13 AM ET
I'm like you. I don't understand the
-- 133303Hokie
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:56 AM ET
133303Hokie
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04/14/23 06:56 AM ET
Being against NIL is un American **
-- st_andrew
Apr 14, 2023 at 06:58 AM ET
st_andrew
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04/14/23 06:58 AM ET
Not every student has signed a contract for a grant in aid
-- GusDaMan
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:21 PM ET
GusDaMan
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04/13/23 10:21 PM ET
But that's exactly what it has become...
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:18 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:18 PM ET
Athletic Scholarships are year to year, they can and have been revoked.
-- Stech
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:40 PM ET
Stech
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04/13/23 10:40 PM ET
You are comparing student athletes vs. employees
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:19 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:19 PM ET
The Supreme Court with Justices from both side of the aisle changed that.
-- Stech
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:45 AM ET
Stech
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04/14/23 08:45 AM ET
I won't profess to understand all of (i.e. any of) the labor law. I find
-- HokieEngineer
Apr 14, 2023 at 12:29 PM ET
HokieEngineer
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04/14/23 12:29 PM ET
That is really the heart of this discussion
-- VTCALS72
Apr 14, 2023 at 07:12 AM ET
VTCALS72
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04/14/23 07:12 AM ET
Sure. As I said I don't have anything against the portal
-- GusDaMan
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:45 PM ET
GusDaMan
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04/13/23 10:45 PM ET
Gotcha, that’s an interesting idea.**
-- Stech
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:38 AM ET
Stech
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04/14/23 08:38 AM ET
Same way I'm 100% in favor of you being able to leave your job**
-- GCHokie34
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:41 PM ET
GCHokie34
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04/13/23 09:41 PM ET
Again, comparing two very different concepts that are truly not relatable **
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 11:20 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 11:20 PM ET
Then go ahead and explain how they arent...**
-- GCHokie34
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:21 AM ET
GCHokie34
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04/14/23 11:21 AM ET
I think we need to distinguish.....
-- 2hhoop3
Apr 13, 2023 at 08:54 PM ET
2hhoop3
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04/13/23 08:54 PM ET
Who wants a 30% three point shooter!**
-- HokieHoopzThe2nd
Apr 13, 2023 at 04:46 PM ET
HokieHoopzThe2nd
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04/13/23 04:46 PM ET
More to his game than that **
-- VaTechHokiesACC
Apr 13, 2023 at 07:26 PM ET
VaTechHokiesACC
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04/13/23 07:26 PM ET
what exactly? He is a replaceable piece, not a difference maker
-- Vienna_Hokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:40 PM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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04/13/23 09:40 PM ET
I could see him playing closer to home for his final year. Maybe GT or Ga.**
-- LXNTN_HOKIE
Apr 14, 2023 at 02:56 AM ET
LXNTN_HOKIE
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04/14/23 02:56 AM ET
Indiana, South Carolina and Georgia so far...
-- GCHokie34
Apr 13, 2023 at 05:38 PM ET
GCHokie34
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04/13/23 05:38 PM ET
Then he ends up at Georgia Tech, puts 20+ on us and folks will wonder who
-- HokieBrazil
Apr 13, 2023 at 06:37 PM ET
HokieBrazil
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04/13/23 06:37 PM ET
maybe put up 20+ bricks on us**
-- Windows NT
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:52 PM ET
Windows NT
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04/13/23 10:52 PM ET
Queue up Rick Nelson, 🎶I'm a traveling man...🎶**
-- TomTurkey
Apr 13, 2023 at 04:39 PM ET
TomTurkey
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04/13/23 04:39 PM ET
Some players are transferring every year. There needs to be some limit.
-- LXNTN_HOKIE
Apr 14, 2023 at 03:02 AM ET
LXNTN_HOKIE
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04/14/23 03:02 AM ET
Guess Alleyne knows you can't please everyone, got to please yourself.**
-- KCHokie2
Apr 13, 2023 at 06:43 PM ET
KCHokie2
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04/13/23 06:43 PM ET
Well it probably wasn't due to Twitter trolls :-)**
-- WildTurkE
Apr 13, 2023 at 06:16 PM ET
WildTurkE
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04/13/23 06:16 PM ET
Go after the best freshman transfers.
-- NC Hoke
Apr 14, 2023 at 11:51 AM ET
NC Hoke
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04/14/23 11:51 AM ET
What I can't/don't understand is with all the transferring how are these
-- TWHokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 08:12 PM ET
TWHokie
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04/13/23 08:12 PM ET
Ask the Vicks how they meet requirements. They were not students **
-- JackDSML
Apr 14, 2023 at 02:36 PM ET
JackDSML
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04/14/23 02:36 PM ET
Athletes are not the same as regular students in this regard
-- GCHokie34
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:41 PM ET
GCHokie34
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04/13/23 09:41 PM ET
They ain't come here to play no school**
-- LonghornHokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:37 PM ET
LonghornHokie
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04/13/23 09:37 PM ET
silly Hokie, thinking school and classes have anything to do with this
-- Vienna_Hokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:23 PM ET
Vienna_Hokie
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04/13/23 09:23 PM ET
Did you think academics ever mattered? lol...not sure Ike Whitaker
-- flhokie25
Apr 13, 2023 at 08:52 PM ET
flhokie25
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04/13/23 08:52 PM ET
Justyn Mutts transferred twice...**
-- GCHokie34
Apr 13, 2023 at 09:47 PM ET
GCHokie34
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04/13/23 09:47 PM ET
He transferred up a level twice.**
-- atlhokie1
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:03 PM ET
atlhokie1
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04/13/23 10:03 PM ET
And, you’re not supposed to use examples that hurt the disgruntled argument**
-- hokieZ71
Apr 13, 2023 at 10:40 PM ET
hokieZ71
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04/13/23 10:40 PM ET
What disgruntled argument? Maybe you shouldn't project your feelings.
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-- atlhokie1
Apr 14, 2023 at 08:04 AM ET
atlhokie1
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04/14/23 08:04 AM ET
That seems to be the ? From most. Only NA knows. **
-- millmtnhokie
Apr 13, 2023 at 03:01 PM ET
millmtnhokie
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04/13/23 03:01 PM ET