Exactly. Isn’t the general statistic that about 60% of the annual Portal entrants don’t end up with another school and wash out? If that’s true most fans simply focus on the upper echelon of athletes who move around and don’t see the thousands each year who either make terrible decisions or weren’t good enough in the first place and were shown the door. It does seem to hurt our level more as we seem to be a feeder program at times for power programs. It’s a shame that we might be seeing fewer of those overlooked guys who come to App, excel and actually stay 4-5 years. I’ve asked a question before- will we see that guy in 20 years get into our HOF like we have before? Will that level of athlete actually be in Boone long enough to warrant the honor?
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I think that records stand a good chance of never being broken. As for the HOF, I would imagine that some criteria for induction might change.Bigdaddyg1 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 04, 2025 6:26 amExactly. Isn’t the general statistic that about 60% of the annual Portal entrants don’t end up with another school and wash out? If that’s true most fans simply focus on the upper echelon of athletes who move around and don’t see the thousands each year who either make terrible decisions or weren’t good enough in the first place and were shown the door. It does seem to hurt our level more as we seem to be a feeder program at times for power programs. It’s a shame that we might be seeing fewer of those overlooked guys who come to App, excel and actually stay 4-5 years. I’ve asked a question before- will we see that guy in 20 years get into our HOF like we have before? Will that level of athlete actually be in Boone long enough to warrant the honor?
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5250 in the portal. NCAA screwed up bigtime.
That’s 160 teams worth at 33 players a team. Absurd.
That’s 160 teams worth at 33 players a team. Absurd.