Kirk Ferentz shares common thought on transfer portal: More transparency

The 2019 Big Ten Media Days are in its second day of existence on Friday and BTN is televising all of the country.

On Thursday, seven teams were featured and the same goes for Friday. Kirk Ferentz was the first coach to speak with the media on Friday and he talked about all things regarding the Hawkeyes. To close his time at the podium, however, he was asked about a looming topic of conversation among all in the college football world: The transfer portal.

Ferentz has brought in a couple of transfers coming into 2019, but his overall thoughts on the matter were shared:

Kirk Ferentz also wants transparency and clarity on the transfer portal. Says that’s not just been a recent issue from the NCAA

— Saturday Tradition (@Tradition) July 19, 2019

“Some clarity on the whole thing. Just who gets a pass to the field and who doesn’t… Id like to see that get cleaned up a little bit. “ – Kirk Ferentz on the transfer portal #B1GMediaDay

— “Magic Mike” Chen (@mfc2123) July 19, 2019

This seems to be a common stance on the matter. We know what the transfer portal is, but how certain players get certain privileges over others still seems to be a mystery.