No more scrambling in May to plug holes after spring ball exposes your weaknesses. That winter window is gonna be absolutely insane now because every single program knows they have ONE shot to fix their roster before fall camp. The bagmen are gonna be working overtime in December like we have never seen before.
For USC specifically this changes everything about how we approach roster construction. No more bringing in a guy for spring practice hoping he beats out a returning starter then watching him portal out when he loses the battle. The dead period between winter window and season start is gonna be brutal for teams that miss on their targets. Either you hit in December or you roll with what you have for the whole season. No safety net.
Hearing noise that some programs are already stockpiling NIL cash for that singel winter window because they know the bidding wars are gonna be unprecedented. Every school fighting for the same 500 portal guys all at once instead of s...