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Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NFL is witnessing a first among undrafted rookies and the NCAA. Already Tampa Bay Buccaneers edge rusher Jack Pyburn drifted into the College Football Transfer Portal Wednesday. Now Seattle Seahawks running back and former UCLA and SMU football star TJ Harden is following suit. Harden is joining a new movement thanks to the newest NCAA fifth-year eligibility rule released in early August. College football insider for On3 Pete Nakos revealed Harden's intention to re-test the portal waters. Once again he joins Pyburn and others following a new Louisiana judge order on the fifth-year eligibility case. Back to Top Andrew Ruck General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 5,680 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 8:39:24 AM  Very good chance we see this fall a team essentially signing a "free agent" midseason. They suffer some injuries and go and get a guy that was cut by an NFL team last week but only played 4 years in the NCAA. Andrew Ruck B.B.A. 2003 Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,470 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 9:25:29 AM  At the same time NFL players are eligible for returning to NCAA roster limits are in place at 105 players. The net effect is going to push more talent down to smaller programs. Less roster spots for a player to transfer up to. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,470 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 9:26:23 AM  Andrew Ruck wrote: Very good chance we see this fall a team essentially signing a "free agent" midseason. They suffer some injuries and go and get a guy that was cut by an NFL team last week but only played 4 years in the NCAA. The team would have to remove the injured player from the 105 roster if they were going to do so. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 15,840 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 10:49:06 AM  Congress can and must act to stop this madness! Also, I'm waiting for the IRS to revoke the non-profit status from a college that's running a pro-football team. First such school will probably be a private college. Watch out Notre Dame! And, some accrediting agencies might start pulling accreditation from schools that make a farce of athletes actually paying any attention to academics. The implications of all of this wild-west football are yet to be realized. Last Edited: 8/20/2026 2:38:45 PM by OhioCatFan The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top Andrew Ruck General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 5,680 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 12:45:57 PM  Athens wrote: Andrew Ruck wrote: Very good chance we see this fall a team essentially signing a "free agent" midseason. They suffer some injuries and go and get a guy that was cut by an NFL team last week but only played 4 years in the NCAA. The team would have to remove the injured player from the 105 roster if they were going to do so. Unless they are carrying a roster of 104 at the time thru someone recently quitting or something, or they just didn't use each spot from the beginning. Andrew Ruck B.B.A. 2003 Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,850 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 4:43:43 PM  *Sniff, sniff* Smells like NFL2 and minor league systems on the horizon. Top 32 teams from FBS break off and form their own minor league and feeder system into the NFL. The rest of the FBS and FCS gets chopped up and feeds up to NFL2, etc. etc. etc. Player transactions happen all the time with no set calendar, getting called up or being sent down on a random Tuesday and playing for your new team by that same weekend. High schoolers are treated more like baseball prospects. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,470 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/20/2026 7:23:07 PM  GoCats105 wrote: *Sniff, sniff* Smells like NFL2 and minor league systems on the horizon. Top 32 teams from FBS break off and form their own minor league and feeder system into the NFL. The rest of the FBS and FCS gets chopped up and feeds up to NFL2, etc. etc. etc. Player transactions happen all the time with no set calendar, getting called up or being sent down on a random Tuesday and playing for your new team by that same weekend. High schoolers are treated more like baseball prospects. In case you've been missing the news there is a congressional bill in the works that would prevent the scenario above. Quote: Ban on conference mergers. Bans conferences with annual revenues of over $700 million from consolidating or acquiring other conferences’ assets unless the number of institutions in the new conference created includes at least 75% of the FBS membership, or if the new conference does not exceed 19 schools. Prohibits any entity (including private equity entities) from consolidating assets/media rights of a Power 4 school for the purpose of creating a new conference. https://www.knightcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/Knigh... This hasn't passed yet but its a pivot away from the idea there will someday be a small group splitting away. Also in that legislation is that any coaching compensation above $500k for an individual coach must come directly from athletic department revenues or donations if the athletic department budget is over $80 million. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,850 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/21/2026 12:59:17 PM  Athens wrote: GoCats105 wrote: *Sniff, sniff* Smells like NFL2 and minor league systems on the horizon. Top 32 teams from FBS break off and form their own minor league and feeder system into the NFL. The rest of the FBS and FCS gets chopped up and feeds up to NFL2, etc. etc. etc. Player transactions happen all the time with no set calendar, getting called up or being sent down on a random Tuesday and playing for your new team by that same weekend. High schoolers are treated more like baseball prospects. In case you've been missing the news there is a congressional bill in the works that would prevent the scenario above. Quote: Ban on conference mergers. Bans conferences with annual revenues of over $700 million from consolidating or acquiring other conferences’ assets unless the number of institutions in the new conference created includes at least 75% of the FBS membership, or if the new conference does not exceed 19 schools. Prohibits any entity (including private equity entities) from consolidating assets/media rights of a Power 4 school for the purpose of creating a new conference. https://www.knightcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/Knigh... This hasn't passed yet but its a pivot away from the idea there will someday be a small group splitting away. Also in that legislation is that any coaching compensation above $500k for an individual coach must come directly from athletic department revenues or donations if the athletic department budget is over $80 million. I've been following this and I'll just say I'll believe it when I don't see it. This says nothing about individual schools deciding if they wanted to break away and do their own thing. All of this realignment isn't being controlled by the schools and conferences anyway, as ESPN and FOX are pulling the strings in the background. They're the ones who would start something. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,470 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/21/2026 6:00:18 PM  GoCats105 wrote: Athens wrote: GoCats105 wrote: *Sniff, sniff* Smells like NFL2 and minor league systems on the horizon. Top 32 teams from FBS break off and form their own minor league and feeder system into the NFL. The rest of the FBS and FCS gets chopped up and feeds up to NFL2, etc. etc. etc. Player transactions happen all the time with no set calendar, getting called up or being sent down on a random Tuesday and playing for your new team by that same weekend. High schoolers are treated more like baseball prospects. In case you've been missing the news there is a congressional bill in the works that would prevent the scenario above. Quote: Ban on conference mergers. Bans conferences with annual revenues of over $700 million from consolidating or acquiring other conferences’ assets unless the number of institutions in the new conference created includes at least 75% of the FBS membership, or if the new conference does not exceed 19 schools. Prohibits any entity (including private equity entities) from consolidating assets/media rights of a Power 4 school for the purpose of creating a new conference. https://www.knightcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/Knigh... This hasn't passed yet but its a pivot away from the idea there will someday be a small group splitting away. Also in that legislation is that any coaching compensation above $500k for an individual coach must come directly from athletic department revenues or donations if the athletic department budget is over $80 million. I've been following this and I'll just say I'll believe it when I don't see it. This says nothing about individual schools deciding if they wanted to break away and do their own thing. All of this realignment isn't being controlled by the schools and conferences anyway, as ESPN and FOX are pulling the strings in the background. They're the ones who would start something. It says no entity can cherry pick individual schools to create a superconference. The SEC and Big Ten had a heavy hand in developing this legislation with increasing input from the ACC and Big 12. I would put the odds at this passing at 90%. A 32 super conference I'd have set at 0.1% because if its not this bill it will be something else next year and a 32 team super confernce even if the conferences decided to stop working together would be quite radical change. College football has always been incremental change historically. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Bobcat1996 General User Member Since: 1/2/2017 Post Count: 1,252 Status: Offline     RE: When will this end?    Posted: 8/21/2026 6:27:35 PM  NFL to NCAA? Courtroom chaos Is giving pro athletes a bizarre path back to college, and it's only just begun A Louisiana judge opened a makeshift transfer portal for seven days as lawsuits pile up against the NCAA nationwide By Trey Wallace OutKick This situation is only going to explode. It is not going away. The lawsuits/appeals will go on for months. Last Edited: 8/21/2026 6:29:16 PM by Bobcat1996 Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 11  of 11 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 427 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 427 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

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