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Georgia HC Kirby Smart Talks 'Disturbing' and 'Upsetting' Transfer Portal Trends

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Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart has mastered current-day college football as a back-to-back national champion, but that doesn't mean he is a fan of every part of it.

The topic of the transfer portal and player movement was a prevalent one at SEC spring meetings on Tuesday, and Smart told reporters he believes third parties such as high school coaches initiating conversations that eventually lead to player movement is a problem.

"It's hard to police that," Smart said. "So, it's disturbing, it's upsetting, but I really don't know [what can be done]. People want to blame the coaches for tampering.