And yet "Transfer Portal" sounds so mundane to the casters I know.
@Nat1Advice Wolf, Wizards, Raptors, Vikings, Bears, close to becoming a Raven, transfer portal ... yep, this is definitely a role-playing game.
@Nat1Advice Oh great. Now I might have to start looking at the sports pages. πŸ˜‚

@Nat1Advice Don’t have to pretend. If I’m not overwhelmingly fascinated by it, then it may as well not exist.

Seeing these headlines, I shall continue to pretend all sports is just fantasy sports with a LARPing element.

@Nat1Advice As a wolf, where can I find this transfer portal??
@Nat1Advice Just, y'know entering that transfer portal as I do. No biggie.
@Nat1Advice @monstercollie I follow sports, yet I still have no clue what a transfer portal would be in that context.
@rkniner @Nat1Advice just a fancy college sports name for "kid at one school wants to go to any other school"
@monstercollie Here I was thinking it might be a synonym of "transfer window" (a term for the part of the pro soccer season where teams are allowed to make trades), but I guess windows aren't doors...
@Nat1Advice @kasdeya You're right, this is a significant improvement.
@Nat1Advice okay but even not pretending i don't know what sports are that still all sounds like magic and whimsy to me
@Nat1Advice Is that a marketing euphemism for the Torment Nexus? πŸ€”
@wonka Having worked in a college bookstore, I can unfortunately say that these athletes are not being thrown in any sort of torment nexus.
@Nat1Advice What do you mean pretending sports doesn't exist? I know sports are a thing I'm not an expert on and yet this sounds like a fantastic Wild West of arcane proportions, something I happen to know a thing or two about.