COLUMBUS, Ohio — Count Ohio State right tackle Josh Fryar as someone who isn’t a fan of the transfer portal. During a Tuesday press conference, Fryar was asked about the portal and how he compartmentalizes it each year when so many of his teammates enter after the regular season’s concluded. Currently, the Buckeyes have had 14 players enter the portal — and there are assuredly more to come in the coming weeks. “It’s crazy now,” Fryar said. “The thing that Deion said, it’s like free agency. Who can get in the transfer portal, and get the most NIL, and go somewhere that you’re going to win? So, I don’t like it.” While the portal does give chances to players to get significant NIL deals, or to find better opportunities for playing time — perhaps after a coach departs — its critics have pointed out that players are far too quick…
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