Stanford, what I am hearing out hear

Meek said:

whatshouldicareabout said:

Stanford players are smart. When you're a grad transfer, you can enter the portal and find the best program for you without needing to sit out a year. Explore all your options, and if you don't find something better elsewhere, you can always fall back to Stanford. It's not like Shaw is going to say no.

that partially answers the question I've had with all this "stanford player enters portal" in that I never thought a grad transfer needed to enter the portal at all.

I don't believe they NEED to enter the portal, but if you do, it helps let other coaches know you're interested and starts a conversation. That conversation might lead to a better opportunity on another team or they can say no and return to Shaw.