“I’m worried about college football,” Penn State coach James Franklin told reporters in February. “I’m worried about what we're teaching young people.”

TCU’s Gary Patterson took it a step further, telling the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that "we won't have college football" if making it easier for players to transfer turns into virtual free agency. Michigan defensive coordinator Don Brown was the most recent to jump on board, telling reporters he’s “not sure this was the way it's supposed to be,” while North Carolina State's Dave Doeren turned it into a player safety issue, telling ESPN, "What happens when a position group has three guys left in it? I don't think we can manage our rosters the way we used to be able to."

Even Lane Kiffin -- yes, the same Kiffin who was free to leave Tennessee for Southern California after just a year — blasted the Portal as the symptom of “a generation of just wanting attention no matter what” in an interview with the Palm Beach Post.