Jeremiah Beasley - Transfer Portal - True Freshman

And yet Michigan has beaten OSU 3 years in a row and just won a national championship. Joel Klatt commented yesterday that the cohesion of the Michigan football team was like nothing he'd ever seen before. These guys truly love their teammates and would do anything for them, as opposed to mercenary football. Maybe this is just weeding out a mercenary.

HOW do you think M has kept this roster intact as it is without NIL?!?!!

Yes M is apparently not offering massive upfront money like OSU, Miami, Oregon and the SEC but the NIL Michigan IS doing got a lot of players to come back for last year’s NC run (as opposed to late round NFL or UDFA) and thus far has kept the key cogs for this years team on the roster. (Knocks on wood).  Do you not think Graham and Grant haven’t been offered at least DOUBLE what the recent MSU DT transfers will get in the portal?  M is focusing what $$ they have to keeping things together as much as possible.  You don’t do that by matching whatever UK is offering Waller as a probable 2nd string true Sophomore without pissing off Q Johnson, Paige, Moore, McB and all the other players in similar or better roles.

This is frustrating, sucks a little, etc. but is a way of life until some sanity is returned to the system.  Both Waller and Beasley had strong ties to the old staff so this probably also adds to their uncertainty of a future at M.

Personally I really thought the 1-time “free” transfer format was ideal to allow kids to better their situation or get out if a coach left etc. and still allow for a second (pre-grad) transfer with the penalty of sitting out a year if the need was large enough.