Steve Sarkisian Directly Contradicts His Own Transfer Policy With Hypocritical Return Of Star Player

Steve Sarkisian is the latest college football coach to say one thing and do another. He previously said that no Texas Longhorns player would be allowed back on the team if they chose to enter the transfer portal.

And then he allowed a player back on the team after he entered the transfer portal.

Although college football coaches must adapt to the hands they are dealt, they would be better off if they were to keep their mouths shut along the way. That way they cannot be called hypocrites.

Steve Sarkisian vowed not to let players return from the transfer portal.

Steve Sarkisian was hired as the head football coach at the University of Texas in 2021. This is his sixth time dealing with the transfer portal and NIL.

Players come and go. A sport that has adopted a professional model without any kind of regulation continues to be a revolving door. Some players enter the transfer portal in search of a raise from their current programs. Other players enter the transfer portal in search of a raise from an outside suitor.

We are also to the point now that coaches are at liberty to effectively cut their own players who they do not want to return. The athletes sign financial agreements. If their deals expire, the school is not required to bring them back. It’s business.

With that in mind, Sarkisian spoke about his approach to the transfer portal during a conversation on The Pivot Podcast back in 2023. He made it abundantly clear that he was not going to allow a player who considered a future elsewhere to crawl back to Texas.