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Kirby Smart

Role(s) as quoted
  • Georgia head coach
Person type
Coaches
Entries
4 (Dec 30, 2024 to Jan 2026)
Topics
Transfer portal (3) Governance & legislation (2)

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Kirby Smart, Georgia head coach · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“I think a commissioner would be a nice thing in theory, but what can they effectively get done if everybody can't agree on something.”
Doubted that naming a commissioner would fix everything, since conferences, the NCAA and now the courts all govern the sport, though he said Saban would be 'great' in the job.
Source: On3: Kirby Smart believes Nick Saban would be great as college football commissioner
Governance & legislation
Kirby Smart, Georgia head coach · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“The biggest decision that needs to be made in college football right now, by far, is when is the portal window and is it one or two.”
At SEC spring meetings, Smart called the number and timing of portal windows the biggest decision in the sport, said coaches unanimously wanted one window in January, and complained that it wasn't clear who was deciding.
Source: CBS Sports: Kirby Smart, Power Four coaches emphatically calling for transfer portal reform -- so what's holding it up?
Transfer portal Governance & legislation
Kirby Smart, Georgia head coach · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“It needs to happen sometime in January.”
Smart argued against a spring-only portal, saying it would make tampering worse during January through March, and said an AFCA coaches meeting unanimously agreed there should be one window in January.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Kirby Smart on what he sees as the 'biggest decision' in college football
Transfer portal
Kirby Smart, Georgia head coach · · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink
“You've created a system that inherently rewards what defies a team concept, and in a team sport, it just makes no sense.”
Ahead of Georgia's CFP Sugar Bowl quarterfinal, Smart criticized the portal system for rewarding only players who leave, arguing it defies the team concept.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: How Nick Saban would 'fix' college football transfer portal
Transfer portal