New USC coach Lincoln Riley came under fire for comments he made regarding the transfer portal on National Signing Day last week.
“Obviously [the portal] has changed really the way that college football operates,” Riley told ESPN on National Signing Day. “I think at some point we'll have to put in some guardrails. Some ways to ensure when this can happen, when this can't happen so that players, staffs, all that are a little bit more on the same page. Right now, it's so open ended that it's I think it's difficult for players, difficult for coaches, difficult to build rosters.”
Critics of his comments claimed that Riley was not in favor of the transfer portal, which empowers athletes to seek a situation that's better for themselves outside of the school in which they are currently enrolled.
