Once the portal was allowed with with little consequence Pandora's box was opened and can't be shut. There should be rules about opting out but I'm not sure what can be done unless players with NIL deals have it in their contract NO OPT OUTS. I think we are seeing the slow death of college sports as most of us remember it. jmo
This will probably break the first time a playoff team has 25 kids missing during to opt-outs and gets beat by 45 points. Doubt it will be next year due to the novelty of an expanded playoff, but it will happen.