Kirby Smart: Transfer portal is biggest issue in CFB, not NIL

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters at the SEC spring meetings in Miramar Beach, Fla, on Tuesday May 27, 2025
Georgia football coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters at the SEC spring meetings in Miramar Beach, Fla, on Tuesday May 27, 2025 Photo credit © Marc Weiszer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

A day after Greg Sankey made waves by directing some comments at the coaches, AD's, and commissioners of other conferences, Georgia Head Coach Kirby Smart took to the stage to comment on what he feels is the real issue causing the most headaches around college football, the transfer portal.

"They're not stressed out about compensation, they're not worried about NIL, but the expansive nature of the portal, two different windows, one of them being post-spring, that's what keeps coaches up at night," says Brandon Adams of Dawg Nation. "This lack of certainty month-to-month is the one thing that coaches want to fix."

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