Lincoln Riley was arguably the biggest winner of the NCAA transfer portal this offseason, as quarterback Caleb Williams followed his head coach from Oklahoma to USC. You’d think he’d be just fine with the way things operate.

That isn’t the case, though.

Speaking during ESPN’s National Signing Day special on Wednesday, Riley made it clear that some things need to change with the way the portal is utilized. He said it’s becoming increasingly difficult to manage a roster as a head coach.

“Obviously, it’s changed the way college football operates. I think at some point we’ll have to put in some guardrails, some ways to ensure when it can happen, when it can’t happen so players, staffs are a little bit on the same page. Right now, it’s so open-ended,” Riley said. “I think it’s difficult players, it’s difficult for coaches, difficult to build rosters. You try to project to the future.

“Then I think you start looking down at the high school level. How many of these scholarships are actually going to players in high schools is concerning. … I think we can put together a plan that gives everybody the flexibility they want but also maintains the integrity of building a roster and being able to use all the different channels to do that in a positive way.”

Last summer, the NCAA implemented a one-time transfer policy that will allow all student-athletes the opportunity to transfer to a new school without penalty. The result is that more student-athletes are hitting the transfer portal than ever before.

It certainly is player friendly, but is the policy too lenient? Or are these rules still so new that everyone wants to take advantage? It’ll be interesting to see what kind of guardrails, if any, the NCAA establishes with the portal.