Badgers Adapting to Evolving NIL and Transfer Portal Landscape

Greg Gard is ready for NIL regulations.

Wisconsin Badgers head basketball coach Greg Gard is among the growing number of individuals who desire some form of regulation to be implemented in this ever-changing NIL and transfer portal landscape. 

That said, immediate assistance isn't on the way. Gard has emphasized support for players receiving compensation in the lucrative world of college basketball, but the absence of regulations has led to a myriad of issues. With the transfer portal predating NIL, the concept of a level playing field has evaporated, paving the way to tampering and pay-for-play schemes, which complicate matters for programs like the Badgers.

"It's not gonna happen right now," Gard said on Wilde and Tausch. "We're gonna have to operate as we have been in this world."

Since the end of the season, Gard has seen four Wisconsin basketball players depart for the transfer portal, with second-team All-Big Ten wing AJ Storr and multi-year starting point guard Chucky Hepburn seemingly defecting from the program for more lucrative offers elsewhere.