One of the biggest topics of conversation during any collegiate sport’s offseason is the transfer portal. Ever since the NCAA passed legislation allowing for a one-time free transfer, college sports have developed a pseudo-free agency that has drastically changed the way coaches recruit and the way players handle opportunities.
Prominent players across all sports at the University of South Carolina have come to the Gamecocks through the transfer portal: football’s Spencer Rattler, baseball’s Noah Hall, and basketball’s Meechie Johnson and Kamilla Cardoso are some of the most well-known of the transfers.
While large-scale changes to the portal have not been part of any new legislation, the portal has been undergoing minor tweaks each year since its inception.