By Mark Pszonak
Another day, another interesting transfer portal story. This morning, UConn head coach Jim Mora took an aggressive and public approach to deal with any schools that have recently tampered with his players:
A simple note to the schools and coaches that have blatantly broken @NCAAFootball rules by tampering with our players in the last 24 hours. We do know who you are, we will pursue all avenues to hold you accountable. We are excited that we’ve built a program where coaches have to… pic.twitter.com/lnO7ITpkYQ
— Jim Mora (@CoachJimMoraFB) December 30, 2024
UConn is fresh off a surprising 9-4 season, which was culminated on Saturday with a 27-14 victory over North Carolina in the Fenway Bowl. Since then, it seems as though opposing coaches have been very aggressive in contacting UConn players in hope of convincing them to enter the transfer portal.
Is this surprising? Definitely not. You need to be blind and/or oblivious if you think that this isn’t happening everywhere. However, it tends to happen more to a school like UConn, which is an independent program with limited money for football.
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The “holding accountable” part of Coach Mora’s message is where things get messy. In order for that to actually happen, the NCAA would need to get involved and be proactive. This isn’t a combination of things that they are known to do.
Programs like UConn are consistently fighting an uphill battle to keep their top players. And usually that battle is lost. Coach Mora’s comments likely won’t scare anyone, because nobody takes the NCAA seriously. Until a program and/or coach is severely punished for tampering, it will only be seen as a hollow threat.
In other words, nothing will change.
