Antitrust laws and the portal window

[Allday.sixpack]

With antitrust laws being the reason college athletes can transfer unlimited times, how are those laws not violated with enforcement of a limited transfer portal window?
If freedom to move is the spirit behind antitrust laws, the portal window seems inconsistent with that spirit. Perhaps it has not been challenged?
I’m not suggesting I want an open door, but I don’t see how it’s enforceable

 

[GloryDawg]

You can transfer all you want but that doesn't mean you can play. The portal allows you to transfer and play the next season. That't my understanding. Use to you could only transfer if the current school allowed it. That is what's gone.

 

[Dawgzilla2]

You can transfer all you want but that doesn't mean you can play. The portal allows you to transfer and play the next season. That't my understanding. Use to you could only transfer if the current school allowed it. That is what's gone.

Yes, its the immediate eligibility at issue, but there are several exceptions, and an athlete can request a waiver. In the current environment, I can hardly imagine a transfer waiver being denied.

I see the portal these days as a giant job fair where players and schools can shop each other and get rosters set. But players can still job search on their own outside the portal and hope a school has room for them and that they can navigate the NCAA hoops to be eligible.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

With antitrust laws being the reason college athletes can transfer unlimited times, how are those laws not violated with enforcement of a limited transfer portal window?
If freedom to move is the spirit behind antitrust laws, the portal window seems inconsistent with that spirit. Perhaps it has not been challenged?
I’m not suggesting I want an open door, but I don’t see how it’s enforceable

It will probably be abolished as soon as someone sues.