FB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

NPU news.

https://www.footballscoop.com/2026/01/16/13-months-after-starring-for-division-iii-program-a-former-standout-has-earned-a-coordinator-title

It's well-deserved. Egan's an outstanding young man who is going places in the coaching profession.

[SpartanHouse4]

First off, I agree that thousands of kids get horrifically bad advice.

Using the portal is not required at the moment, but as of Aug. 1, it will be as the result of a vote just taken last week at the NCAA convention.

Even so, frankly, why would you not put yourself in the portal, since that's where all of the coaches' eyeballs are?

If I was a D3 football player, I'd accept the fact that I am not likely to get paid to play football and I would work towards my degree and build lifelong relationships through the greatest sport known to man.  If I was to transfer, it would be to win. 

Small school football players transferring around from school to school is nuts and there is no way that they could ever graduate.  But I'm sure that their agent, or uncle has told them that they are "league bound". The top % of D3FB players that move up are hearing from the bigger programs, not from some bs agent

A small school player goes into the portal to see if they can get a scholarship at a larger school.

Why would a kid stay at a d3 school and pay 20k a year when they can go to a scholarship school for free?

[D3fanboy]

First off, I agree that thousands of kids get horrifically bad advice.

Using the portal is not required at the moment, but as of Aug. 1, it will be as the result of a vote just taken last week at the NCAA convention.

Even so, frankly, why would you not put yourself in the portal, since that's where all of the coaches' eyeballs are?

If I was a D3 football player, I'd accept the fact that I am not likely to get paid to play football and I would work towards my degree and build lifelong relationships through the greatest sport known to man.  If I was to transfer, it would be to win. 

Small school football players transferring around from school to school is nuts and there is no way that they could ever graduate.  But I'm sure that their agent, or uncle has told them that they are "league bound". The top % of D3FB players that move up are hearing from the bigger programs, not from some bs agent

A small school player goes into the portal to see if they can get a scholarship at a larger school.

Why would a kid stay at a d3 school and pay 20k a year when they can go to a scholarship school for free?

the vast, vast majority of D3 players going to the portal are not getting a scholarship to play for free.  Maybe a dozen or so of the thousands of D3 FB players that entered the portal