Ryan Day has made it clear that he does not agree with the NCAA’s establishing a single offseason transfer portal window from Jan. 2-16.
After sharing in September that the implementation of a single transfer window is “not a good idea at all” because it creates disadvantages for College Football Playoff participants, Day doubled down on his opinion on Tuesday.
“I don’t think (the January window is) bad for everybody. I think it’s actually good for a lot of teams. But the teams that are making it late into the playoffs are really up against the 8-ball,” Day said. “Not only are they forced to make decisions while they’re still playing, and a lot of them school will have started already by the time their season is over. But once the season is over, there is a five-day window when the transfer portal is open, and then there’s no opportunity to replace those guys for the teams that are in that situation, so I’m not sure how they expect the teams who are in that situation to replace the players who are leaving in that moment.”
Day said he told the NCAA on multiple occasions that the transfer window should occur once all teams have completed their seasons. Day said a conversation with Big Ten coaches this past summer helped shape his opinion.
“I brought this up several times. Apparently, it’s gone on deaf ears,” Day said. “We obviously want to be in that situation, but whoever it is will probably wake up and say, ‘Wait, this isn’t right. I have five or six guys that I need to replace on my roster, and I can’t now.’ At that point, maybe somebody will listen, but as of now, they decided to make the rule and we all have to deal with. So, nobody cares, so move on. That’s the way it goes. That’s the way we’ll look at it. We’ll get our plan together and go from there.”
Battling laughter during his answer, Day said Ohio State often experiences the “ripple effect and unintended consequences” of the NCAA’s decisions, so he said the single transfer window will be nothing new for the Buckeyes.
“I think there’s still a lot to be worked through, for sure. It’s something that I know the decision has been made, but like anything else, there’s gonna be a ripple effect and unintended consequences that we’re all gonna have to work through,” Day said. “But that’s something we’re used to. We just got to keep pushing forward. That’s it.”
