r/cfbmeta • u/PartisanMilkHotel • Jan 19 '26

Transfer posts

Is there a plan to address the absolute deluge of transfer portal posts next season?

To suggest highlights would dilute the sub and impact quality while allowing dozens upon dozens of transfer portal posts is bonkers to me. The sub is simply not worth checking in on at the moment.

What’s the plan for next season?

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u/srs_house /r/CFB Mod Jan 19 '26

All rules changes will be discussed in the off-season, and we'll also be collecting feedback via a user survey to help inform those decisions.

The no highlights rule has been a longstanding one, as a result of an effort to avoid quick-hit dopamine upvoting (this is also why direct image links are banned) in addition to the very complicated process of moderating highlights to ensure they aren't reposts and that they're good quality. The latter concern is a very frequent topic in subs like r/nba which do allow highlights, with allegations of favoritism towards specific users, criticism of choosing which version is allowed, first available vs more angles, etc.

As for transfers, the expansion of the portal and, as a new development this season, the trend of players announcing that they're staying has resulted in an unprecedented influx of decision posts. This is high on the agenda to discuss how to proceed next season, but for obvious reasons by the time it had gotten so far out of hand it was too late to try to introduce new rules for this season mid-stream.

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u/orangewall1234 Jan 19 '26

this is also why direct image links are banned

Comparing direct image links to highlights is bizarre. These aren't brain-rot content, they are literal videos of the sport we're watching. The very content that got us introduced to the sport in the first place.

Mendoza can have a Caleb Williams-esque play tonight and the highlight that got 30K karma and 2000+ comments on r/NFL wouldn't be found on r/CFB. I don't understand how mods can possibly think this is what the users want.

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u/Dropbackandpunt Jan 20 '26

Sub to r/cfb_highlights. It is reasonably active with posts and discussion.