FAYETTEVILLE -- News on the NCAA's transfer portal heated up in SEC country Wednesday when Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts' intention to transfer became official and Arkansas quarterback Ty Storey was revealed as a fresh listing along with Hurts.
Many college football fans might be aware transfer rules have changed in the last year, but know little else about how and why the portal came about.
The new transfer system is an outgrowth of the push in recent years by the NCAA and member institutions to provide more rights to student-athletes.
In the old system, scholarship athletes had to approach administrators or coaches at their school and ask for permission to contact other schools and be granted a release.