When the college football transfer portal officially opens for business on Monday, every program in the country will be off to the races. Not only will they be looking to the portal to add reinforcements to their roster for next season and beyond, but they will also be faced with the challenge of keeping their most valuable players from leaping into the portal.
Just last season, the Minnesota Golden Gophers had a student-athlete transfer to a program where he was rumored to have received a sizeable NIL deal. For this particular student-athlete, it represented life-changing money for them and their family.