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More than 1,150 Division I players have entered the transfer portal since it opened Monday, far exceeding the previous years' totals at the same stage.

I think College Basketball needs to downsize or some "schools" need to stop hiding behind academia and start admitting they are Professional teams. Leave the NCAA. Make their own Super League and travel the world playing each other and Euro Pro's.

This whole situation is way out of hand until there are some set rules like a Salary Cap and Salary Floor.

Also rules like schools can force into contracts a "kicker" for transferring or "poison pill" where the school earns money from the student leaving in 1 way or another. Example: ASU would get paid by St John's a "transfer" sum of money to land Sanon and then they still pay Sanon. Like Soccer.

I'd want something like that AND the play has to pay the school something. 5%, 10%, any number agreed to in the first place if they leave.

This way kids will want to stay longer and honor the commitments.

NBA Pro's rarely have Year to Year deals unless you are really bad or really old...

I'm completely on board. A minor league basketball system would be ideal because high school grads that immediately want paydays could play in front of NBA and international scouts.

College players could truly revert back to student athletes and the stability would truly help all parties, even if the level of play is slightly deflated.