Portal thread. Who’s leaving, who’s coming.

[Show-Me Hog]

Just for shits and grins, the official requirements to transfer to the UofA.  I have no idea why the bold sentence is included in paragraph 2 when it pertains to paragraph 1.

All transfer students must meet the following requirements:

1. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 on all course work attempted;
2. Be eligible to return to the last institution attended. Grade-point average is calculated on all coursework attempted.

Students who have completed fewer than 24 transferable semester hours must, in addition to the above requirements, meet all requirements for freshman admission. Test scores and transcripts are also evaluated to determine whether State of Arkansas requirements for developmental course placement have been met.

[BASS]

Some places calculate gpa only on courses that apply to your major maybe?

[animal]

  is this really good for the student-athlete? In the context of academic pursuits

NO...how can it be? Sure there may be an edge case here and there where it really benefited the kid but the vast majority of these transfers make a mockery of the institution.


is this really good for the athlete? In the context of professional development and NIL money

YES...or at least it certainly can be. As a reminder at first this more or less started with grad transfers. It made a lot of sense. It rewarded kids for graduating and gave a good many an opportunity to go play in a big boy league or in some cases the opposite where a kid that didn't play much for a big school went down to a small school and balled out. It was a win win

[Doc Hogaday]

who seriously gives a fuck if taylen green or johnelle davis or charles davalon have truly done what they are supposed to academically as long as they do what we want them to do on the field, court, or diamond?

This right here. The only time this nonsense gets brought up is when some dipshit doesn't want to fire a loser coach. "Well, graduation rates, blah blah blah..." MA and Coach Cheeseburger come to mind. They're graduating because you have built shitty teams, can't coach them, nobody else wants them, and they're not good enough to go pro...so they just stick around and graduate.

When millions of people start tuning in to graduations across the country every December and May, then we can have a different conversation.


Nobody cares. They are professionals now. Just win, baby.

[DrMongoose]

Does the Tusk beer guy give a lot?  How is that beer anyway?  Anyone tried it?

A portion of proceeds go to Edge.
I like it. It is a Pilsner.
The razorbacks could promote it more.

https://arktimes.com/eat-arkansas/2024/08/09/goat-lab-brewery-launching-tusk-beer-in-partnership-with-razorbacks

[bigpig]

A portion of proceeds go to Edge.
I like it. It is a Pilsner.
The razorbacks could promote it more.

https://arktimes.com/eat-arkansas/2024/08/09/goat-lab-brewery-launching-tusk-beer-in-partnership-with-razorbacks

Should name it "There's Always Next Beer"

[vegashog]

Should name it "There's Always Next Beer"

nice.

[Papa Pigeritus]

who seriously gives a fuck if taylen green or johnelle davis or charles davalon have truly done what they are supposed to academically as long as they do what we want them to do on the field, court, or diamond?

do the requirements get bent for athletes? sure, but that was happening decades before the transfer portal. regular students do not directly contribute to what has become a multi billion dollar industry.

i don't see academics being a mechanism for change in the portal which would affect ALL students, just because some don't like the portal.

Exactly. I mean, when was the last time 80,000 people showed up to see a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?

[BASS]

Should name it "There's Always Next Beer"

 
 

[vegashog]

fland declares for the draft.

[egregious]

Should name it "There's Always Next Beer"

[vegashog]

apparently malique ewin from fsu is a name to look out for. 6'11', avg 14.2 & 7.6

[Gambler]

Exactly. I mean, when was the last time 80,000 people showed up to see a kid do a damn chemistry experiment?

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[vegashog]

some hustle has been shown in the thread today.

[DirkPiggler]

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You win today.

[HogOfWar]

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[Hognrock]

Should name it "There's Always Next Beer"

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This is how you do the Woopigs.  Excellent work gentlemen.

[BASS]

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Goddamn

 

[Papa Pigeritus]

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   You broke the backboard.

[Son of Spam]

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