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Michigan State's Tom Izzo: Transfer Portal Won't Be 'Best Thing for the Kids'

Count Michigan State men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo among those who aren't happy with the current transfer portal situation in college sports.

ESPN's Myron Medcalf shared Izzo's comments during Big Ten media days in which he pushed back at the notion that players should enjoy the same freedoms to change schools that coaches do to change jobs.

"Yeah, I have flexibility, I can leave," the coach said. "I have millions of dollars of a buyout if I leave. I've paid 40 years of dues to leave. Most coaches have put in their time. Most coaches will be doing that at 35 and 40 and 50, not at 20 when one guy tells you to leave because you're unhappy.