The perceived issue surrounding the Transfer Portal is that Power Five programs can just go in and poach Group of Five stars, leaving them with nothing. For some programs, this is a reality. Ohio has been hit hard by Portal departures over the past few years but they’ve re-tooled their roster by adding P5 guys who were buried on their depth charts.
MAC programs deal with this reality daily. Ohio has certainly benefited by adding guys like Sam Wiglusz, James Bostic, and Zach Sanders. At the same time, they also lost guys like Isiah Cox and Shane Hooks to FCS programs.