Stockard on the Stump: Tennessee AG short on solutions for transfer portal

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 13, 2026

Words: 1,320

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti helped tear down NCAA restrictions that led to unlimited student-athlete payments and transfers that leave teams bereft of players. But even though he now considers the transfer portal a “train wreck,” Skrmetti is offering few solutions, instead calling for Congress to bring sanity to the world of college athletics.

“I’ve got some ideas, but there are a lot of coaches with ideas. There are a lot of schools with ideas,” …

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