Joel Klatt: Three Ways to Fix the Transfer Portal to Avoid CFB's 'Doom' Scenario

Recent developments in the transfer portal have college football drifting toward a potential doomsday scenario — and FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt believes the sport’s leaders aren’t doing enough to avoid the icebergs.

The situation with Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. headlined a chaotic first week of the transfer portal. He announced that he was entering the portal just days after signing a contract to remain at Washington before announcing that he was reversing his transfer decision and remaining with the Huskies. 

But there was some other transfer news that alarmed Klatt. Wide receiver Quincy Porter, who was a five-star high school recruit, opted to transfer from Ohio State to Notre Dame after spending one year in Columbus. Jaime Ffrench fell into a similar boat, as the former highly-touted recruit transferred from Texas to Michigan. 

Klatt wants someone "to have enough courage" to stand up and fight for change in the sport, proposing three changes he'd like to see made to the portal before it's too late. 

"If we don't do this, I think it spells doom for college football, to be honest with you," Klatt said of his three-step proposal on the most recent episode of 'The Joel Klatt Show.' "There's going to be more player-program lawsuits, like I'm sure was threatened with Washington in the Demond Williams situation. High school recruiting is going to be hurt, because who's going to be investing in high school recruiting if that player's going to leave after a year? 

"I think the biggest impact is we're going to just flat out lose coaches. Some of our best coaches in our sport, which the NFL always sniffs around, what keeps them from going to the National Football League if you're going to