Iowa's Kirk Ferentz suggests NIL, transfer portal have ended 'structure' in modern college football landscape

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Longtime Iowa Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz is not one to shy away from sharing his perspective as relates to the considerable amount of change facing college football programs. The upheaval seems to have been propelled by the advent of name, image, and likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal.

Ferentz suggested that the portal and NIL have essentially deregulated collegiate sports. However, Ferentz also acknowledges that the more wide-open nature of the transfer portable has worked to the Hawkeyes' benefit at times.

"I think in general terms," Ferentz said at his spring press conference on Tuesday, via Football Scoop, "it's been good for us."

But offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor's recent transfer seemed to spark Ferentz's broader discussion of how athletes move from school to school.

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Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz speaks during the Hawkeyes' media day on Friday, August 11, 2023, in Iowa City. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Proctor left Iowa last week after transferring to Iowa from Alabama in January. The sophomore is currently restricted from entering the portal, but the moratorium ends on April 16, at which time he has stated he will go back to Tuscaloosa.

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Although Ferentz did not reference Proctor by name or disparage him, he did appear to address the offensive lineman's situation.

"We had a player join us back in January that had a change of heart after spring break," Ferentz said. "I think the bottom line there is that you don’t want a player in the