Coaches, fans and players all have thoughts on transfers in college football. We’ve seen the introduction of the transfer portal, changes to redshirt rules and an NCAA granting more eligibility waivers than ever. TCU coach Gary Patterson is worried that the virtual free agency could bring about the end of college football as we know it.

“We better be careful,” Patterson told Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We won’t have college football. It’s disappointing, to be honest with you. It’s disappointing.”

Patterson’s comments follow the news that Miami QB Tate Martell has received a waiver to play in 2019 instead of having to sit out after transferring from Ohio State. UM’s season begins Aug. 24 with a neutral-site meeting in Orlando against Florida.

Many critics saw Martell’s argument for a waiver – Urban Meyer’s decision to retire – as flimsy considering OSU promoted offensive coordinator Ryan Day to succeed Meyer.

Patterson takes issue with the fact that the NCAA does not offer an explanation for granting the waiver, citing student privacy.

“I want the names of all those people [at the NCAA] that are deciding to do that, so everybody knows their names when they ruin the game,” Patterson said. “I don’t care if there’s lawyers involved. I don’t care if any of that’s involved. The bottom line to it is we need to do what’s best for the game.

“You [a student-athlete] have a bad day and a coach is trying to grow you up, and you say, ‘Well, now I’m going to go in the portal.’ When we start doing that … that they get a chance to control how you get coached, then the process is done.”

He compared the commitment a player makes to a football program to “real world” commitments like renting an apartment.

“When you sign a lease on an apartment, and you don’t like the apartment, they just let you out and it doesn’t cost you anything? I mean, what? You can’t do that in life,” Patterson said.

More thoughts from Patterson can be found in the article here.

QB Shawn Robinson transferred from TCU to Missouri in December.