Welcome to another episode of Sports Are Fun!

Every week on Sports Are Fun!, co-hosts soccer legend Kelley O’Hara, sports journalist Greydy Diaz, and JWS intern BJ serve up their hottest takes on the biggest women’s sports headlines.

This week, the Sports Are Fun! crew makes some room on the couch for JWS’s own social media guru, Gab Basinski. Together, the hosts then tackle a range of women’s sports subjects, including how NIL deals and the NCAA transfer portal are reshaping the college basketball landscape.

“The NCAA transfer portal closed last Wednesday, which had over 1,500 players enter,” opens O’Hara. “So many moves here, but just to highlight a few: Olivia Miles to TCU, Ta’Niya Latson to South Carolina, UCLA lost their entire freshman class, and Londynn Jones to USC, and finally, MiLaysia Fulwiley to LSU.”

“Of all DI players, almost 30% of players were in the portal,” says Basinski. “That’s insane.”

“I have so many questions and thoughts,” O’Hara says.

In addition to all those NCAA basketball thoughts, Sports Are Fun! also dives into NWSL rivalries, the crew’s growing beef with the KC Current, PWHL expansion, Caitlin Clark jersey sales, and so much more!

‘Sports Are Fun!’ asks if NIL is taking the fun out of NCAA basketball

Then, Sports Are Fun turned to coaching. The headline? Angel City bringing on new manager Alexander Straus from Germany’s Bayern Munich.

“First of all, I think it’s a cardinal sin — and that is pun intended — to transfer to a rival,” O’Hara says. “Is that not a thing anymore? I could never, as a Stanford player, go to a UCLA or a USC. Absolutely not.”

“When there’s money involved, it’s not it’s not personal. It’s business, baby,” reasons Diaz. “We’re seeing a Londynn Jones go from UCLA literally across the street to USC — that’s insane to me. I feel like that’s one of the craziest moves. So I guess it doesn’t matter anymore?”

“To me, the thing that makes college sports so fun are the rivalries, your school pride,” says O’Hara. “You are ride-or-die for your school, and it just doesn’t seem like it exists anymore.

“I’d be ride or die for whatever school’s paying me, to be honest,” quips Basinski. “Get a bag. Because also, it’s like, ‘Oh they value me enough to pay this much for me to switch schools. So the school is kind of behind me, and if they’re behind me this much, alright, I’ll take your check and I’ll go play.'”

About ‘Sports Are Fun!’ with Kelley O’Hara

‘Sports Are Fun!’ is a show that’ll remind you why you fell in love with women’s sports in the first place.

Join World Cup champ, Olympic gold medalist, and aspiring barista Kelley O’Hara as she sits down with sports journalist Greydy Diaz and a revolving cast of co-hosts and friends. Together, they’re talking the biggest, funnest, and most need-to-know stories in the world of women’s sports.

From on-court drama to off-field shenanigans, to candid (and silly) chats with the most important personalities in the space, this show screams “Sports Are Fun!”

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