liveanddiedeac
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Happy Monday!:rulz:
Wait... what?! Facepalm
Any insight info available?
Curious of the same; twittersphere seems to indicate that WF has done something wrong to them (Walker)?
Wake will be playing in an FCS-like second tier in 20 years. “College” football will eventually be around 25-30 programs who’s schedules and divisions will be similar to the NFL. If top programs can now recruit away breakout talent from smaller programs, then what’s the point?
Wake would be better served to pay their athletes, develop them, and then sell their rights to bigger programs.
Wake will be playing in an FCS-like second tier in 20 years. “College” football will eventually be around 25-30 programs who’s schedules and divisions will be similar to the NFL. If top programs can now recruit away breakout talent from smaller programs, then what’s the point?
Wake would be better served to pay their athletes, develop them, and then sell their rights to bigger programs.
I don't think any of this will happen. Transfers are incredibly common now in college football and basketball, mainly because the rules have been loosened. And plenty of players leave "big time" programs. Joe Burrow, Justin Fields, Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts, etc. I think 3 of the 4 Heisman finalists last year were transfers!
Hopefully Walker takes the Kendall Hinton route and decides to stay at Wake. What does Wake have, about 15 NFL players if you count the practice squads? I can't think of a single Wake player that transferred away under Clawson and then made the NFL. Am I missing someone?
Looking at Walker though, he is a starter looking to trade up to a bigger name school, something that isn't as common in the transfer portal. None of those 4 heisman finalists were to be starters at the their old school (Mayfield would be the exception).
The most similar situation and the guy who is likely to make the NFL after transferring away from Clawson, would be Newman.
technically Walker isn't a starter either