The AM/DM podcast: What it’s like for athletes in the portal
“I never expected to be in the portal,” former Michigan State and new Memphis Tigers defensive lineman Stone Chaney said. “I never expected to transfer from the spot that I was at.” (Courtesy Memphis Athletics)
In the last few years, one of the largest changes to college football — and basketball, too — is the number of student athletes changing schools between seasons.
The NCAA transfer portal began in 2018 as a way to streamline the process of allowing student athletes to tell their current school they’re planning to leave and let other schools know they are interested in moving.
But it was in 2021 that the portal really picked up steam, becoming the merry-go-round it seems to be today, because that year, the rules changed and a student athlete could enter the transfer portal without sitting out from their sports for a year.
Today, Tigers football beat reporter Frank Bonner joins us to talk about what it’s like for athletes inside the portal.
Check it out.
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AM/DMMary Cashiola
Mary Cashiola has been a Memphis journalist for nearly two decades, beginning her career covering city government and local neighborhoods at the Memphis Flyer before being hired by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton’s administration.
Before joining The Daily Memphian, she was the managing editor of the Memphis Business Journal, which was named one of the top 10 Best Designed Newspapers in the world by the Society of News Design while she was there.
She also has a background in advertising, with a focus on higher education and the hospitality industry.
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