And it could become bigger than just recruiting players from other teams.

Note... I am in no way sayings watts or brown did anything like this, this subject just got me thinking about what the worst case scenario of the transfer portal would be and I came up with this....

Start with contacts during the season and planting the seed that the kid is not being treated fairly, he's be getting more PT or whatever if he played here. What if that kid played on a team on your schedule and decides that he is being dissed and what better way to curry favor with his soon to be coach and teammates than to miss a tackle or fumble or miss a block on a key play.

Slippery slopes and unintended consequences are reality in life and in an environment where there is so much money on the line, it seems the most likely outcomes are the worst ones.