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Portal Combat: Bakich prepared to go to war to keep his players

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Portal combat might as well be mortal combat, considering the effect it has on a college baseball program.

Clemson’s season ended Sunday with a Super Regional loss to Florida, and head coach Erik Bakich and his assistants will spend the next few days trying to construct next season’s roster. Who stays? Who goes? Will other schools come after Clemson’s players? It all counts, as Bakich told Mickey Plyler on WCCP this morning.

He also asked for help with NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) money.

“All day yesterday, we had our final team meeting yesterday, and then we did half the team's individual exit meetings yesterday.