These are the rules, we have to play by them. But it has created unique challenges that we have not seen before. Everybody’s trying to navigate through it the best way they can. But there’s a slippery slope. I don’t think any of us really know where this is going to go. This is the world we’re in right now.

Steve Sarkisian

The rules say you’re not supposed to recruit a kid until he gets in the portal, but I think we can agree that there’s a lot of people on our rosters who are getting recruited who are not in the portal yet. And that’s the dangerous part — people recruiting your own players before they even want to get in the portal. And then enticing them with NIL opportunities down the road. I get the idea behind NIL, but a lot of times rules get made, and sometimes we don’t think about the consequences that arise from them down the road.

Steve Sarkisian

Here’s COVID. Here’s NIL, and here’s the transfer portal. Good luck, and that’s kind of where we’re at.

Steve Sarkisian

All in all, it was fun, I think, for our guys just to get out and compete. Clearly we’ve got a long way to go, we’ve come a long way in 3 ½ months, but we’ve got plenty of work to do here, starting in June and then into fall camp.

Steve Sarkisian