Ep. 064 | How The Transfer Portal Warped College Ball Forever | Insight From An All-American, NFL Vet, & D1 AD

College sports are in a strange place as NIL money is running WILD. Have we lost the plot as to what made college ball special and if we can bring back dire wolves, can’t we figure out the college transfer portal? Plus the NFL draft is fast approaching - how do athletes mentally prepare for this moment? Then what do you do after?… We talk all these things with a former Notre Dame All-American, 8-year NFL veteran, attorney and +20-year D1 Director of Athletics, Larry Williams on today’s episode of No Warmup.

0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Guest Introduction
1:30 - How NFL Free Agency Came To Be
7:30 - The Difference: Old Era vs New Era NFL Players
11:20 - Is The NFL & College Sports At Risk Of Losing THIS?
17:07- Being A D-1 Athletic Director in the Pre- & Post-NIL Age
24:45 - The Future Of Each Sport in NIL Era & Relegation
29:20 - Expansion of NFL in Europe
30:50 - The POSITIVES of the NIL Era in College Sports
32:42 - How to Preserve Competitive Parity
35:20 - What Will Fill the VOID of the late-PAC-12 
38:15 - NFL Draft Experience & Preparation 
40:30 - The Future of College Football GMs 

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