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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the things that will impact lots of recruiting moving forward with be portal (more so) and roster limits.

While, I firmly believe roster limits are a walking antitrust violation it is the current world these kids are living in. Add in the portal and many of the kids not quite at the top of the star rankings are going to see soft offers and communication - one of the reasons is that they'll be competing against 22-24 year old college kids for spots.

Anecdotal evidence to be sure but I was told by friend that the word on the street for softball is unless you are 5 star don't expect any offers on September 1st - maybe they'll start trickling in late fall. They were told that many schools will be looking at their current holes during fall practice and fill in via the portal - then they recruit for what they need 2 years down the road.[/quote]The portal was dry as a bone this year for lacrosse.  Maybe softball's different, but it's not the landscape it was several years ago when covid year eligibility was rampant.[/quote]

It was not as robust as the post Covid years but it was still a part of the recruiting dynamic. Do you think the kid from UVA moved over to Duke on some whim? Or the best FOGO by raw percentages last year go to UMd. There was easily 50-60 transfers via the portal this summer. It will only grow as kids see an advantage in moving to a different school.

I wouldn't be the least surprised that kids will ladder up through programs based on their prior year's performance. Add in roster caps for most programs, then coaches will be looking to fill open spots with men that can immediately contribute and not wait on a kid to fill that spot a couple of years. So yes, the portal is going to soften HS recruiting - at least for juniors and programs will likely look for post junior year recruits to fill spots.[/quote]
a) The "portal" has only waned as the numbers of covid guys has dropped off.  There's zero reason to believe that will all of a sudden shift back up.
b) We're now at a point where it's minimal.  As far as roster limits becoming more in play, that would logically shrink it further. 
c) The "portal" for lacrosse is just an automated way of transferring vs. having to send a number of emails.  It didn't change the entire game in conjunction with dropping a sit-out year like it did in several other sports.  Lacrosse players have been transferring like this for decades.[/quote]

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