2026 MBB Transfer Portal Tracker

[springs_poke]

Frankly, Why would you wish him well? These athletes don't give a bleep about the University of Wyoming - or any other school, for that matter. They are professional athletes looking for a pay day. I don't wish him ill will. But I will remember him about as much as he will remember his time at Wyoming - which is not at all.

This is just the same thing as one of us changing jobs. Companies/schools don't REALLY care about their employees in general, thus employees only care so much about their company/school. Companies started it with massive layoffs, and players can be asked to leave as well. The players just finally have a choice. Personally I prefer this to the dictatorships of past coaches, Lloyd Eaton comes to mind for UW. But yeah, we need balance, it will take time to find it.

 

[TheRealUW]

This is just the same thing as one of us changing jobs. Companies/schools don't REALLY care about their employees in general, thus employees only care so much about their company/school. Companies started it with massive layoffs, and players can be asked to leave as well. The players just finally have a choice. Personally I prefer this to the dictatorships of past coaches, Lloyd Eaton comes to mind for UW. But yeah, we need balance, it will take time to find it.

We went from one extreme to the other. We correctly recognized that college athletes had zero commercial rights, limited mobility, and over restrictive regulations...so we solved that by giving them a poorly regulated financial market in NIL, unlimited transfers, and almost no guardrails at all. All we did was trade one set of problems for another.

We have several very successful professional sporting leagues with decades of experience to model the college sports market after. I'm not sure why so many people think we need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to paying college athletes. We already know what works.

 

[Bryoming]

Frankly, Why would you wish him well? These athletes don't give a bleep about the University of Wyoming - or any other school, for that matter. They are professional athletes looking for a pay day. I don't wish him ill will. But I will remember him about as much as he will remember his time at Wyoming - which is not at all.

I have no inside knowledge to back this up, but a guy like Dennis needs to make his money now. His size is a huge disadvantage to playing in the NBA. He's got very high metrics. He's proven to be an effective player in a good college conference. I would guess that he's going to try to earn as much as he can in the NCAA because if he does play professionally, it will be overseas in a smaller league where he'll be making less than 6 figures a season.

 

[Bear Claw]

Frankly, it’s terrifying to read this thread. I do not know what to expect. Who’s going to be the next player transferring? I really hope UW MBB doesn’t have to completely reload, again.

 

[phxpoke]

I get both sides of this argument; however, we do need to come to a compromise, that benefits both the fans and the players. I would imagine at least a few more players will be leaving for a bigger paycheck. Until some sort of compromise can be reached, we are only rooting for the laundry. Let’s hope some changes are made soon.

 

[PorkerPoke]

I see the portal is loading up with PG/SG players. Not too worried a replacement won’t be unobtainable.

I don’t wish any ill will upon anyone but I could care less about them otherwise. No different than in the workplace where a new employee gets all the training and then quits. Years ago my office had a lady training for a system analyst position quit because she claimed she was not challenged enough for her ability. She entered the open market and ended up with job offers like working the perfume counter at a department store before getting a job as a bank teller. Probably at 50% of the salary she was “too good” for. It would be ironic if Dennis lingers in the portal and then makes his extra $10k playing in a middle level Southern Conference program as the featured player.

 

[bladerunnr]

I see the portal is loading up with PG/SG players. Not too worried a replacement won’t be unobtainable.

I don’t wish any ill will upon anyone but I could care less about them otherwise. No different than in the workplace where a new employee gets all the training and then quits. Years ago my office had a lady training for a system analyst position quit because she claimed she was not challenged enough for her ability. She entered the open market and ended up with job offers like working the perfume counter at a department store before getting a job as a bank teller. Probably at 50% of the salary she was “too good” for. It would be ironic if Dennis lingers in the portal and then makes his extra $10k playing in a middle level Southern Conference program as the featured player.

College sports are not like an open job market. These players get a free education, free room and board, and their commitment is 4 years max. The emphasis should be the education - which at most schools is at least 100k over 4 years. But now, NIL has stripped bare the pretense that these players are students. This isn't some trainee leaving for another menial job. This is free agency without any contractual obligation from the player to stay at any one institution for more than a year.
Can you imagine what pro football would be like if Buffalo agreed to pay Josh Allen 60 million a year for 5 years but he has the option to break the contract whenever he wants? Neither can I. But this is what "college sports" is right now.