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List of Pac-12 players demands..
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List of Pac-12 players demands..


Aug 2, 2020, 12:38 PM

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29583023/pac-12-football-players-show-unity-list-demands-letter-conference

Will this come to ACC/SEC/Big10/Big12 and how will it all end? My one regret is that if we had decade ahead of us with the older/current model, we might have won at least 5 more Nattys. Now, in a year, may be it might just make more sense to drop all sports rather than to have a "employee" relationship with students. I know Dabo is great man, but he can find other ways to contribute to the society. Our primary mission is education ( my engineering degrees have so far given me a great 43 year career), may be we focus more on that get away from these distractions for a bit?

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Aug 2, 2020, 12:53 PM

I wonder how many of these young athletes actually wear a mask or practice social distancing in public.

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Aug 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

Likely puppets, following the direction of a 501c3 employee?community organizer type

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Aug 2, 2020, 1:00 PM

I completely understand some of their requests. They are tone death to reality on others. They already receive incredible financial benefit and are better off than most college students. I wonder what the full freight cost for a Stanford degree is today (more than what most Americans can afford). If they don’t like their current “compensation”, feel free to explore the free market to test your worth like employees in the real world.

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Aug 2, 2020, 1:17 PM

Yes, I too agree that things like 6 year scholarships, and extended healthcare beyond players years (unless covered by NFL CBA) are all good. But this 50% revenue sharing model, this is like NBA/NFL, and I hope Clemson University does not get into sportgs business more than we may already be in.

Biggest villain here is here the NFL, it must fund its own D-league and permit players to be drafted at any age.

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It also shows how little they understand


Aug 2, 2020, 1:22 PM [ in reply to Re: List of Pac-12 players demands.. ]

How much of their revenue already goes back into athletics. Where do they think the palace facilities come from?

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Aug 2, 2020, 3:26 PM

I love college football, as like everyone on this board. But if it comes to unionizing it and meeting all the demands of allowing the players to have about 50% of the total say in the business operations...then shut it down, let the NFL develop a minor league system and go with a 100% walk-on status situation. The talent will be a huge drop off but we would adapt and still have fun tailgating and enjoying a true amateur sport.

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That'll be it. Turn out the lights, lock up the stadiums...


Aug 2, 2020, 6:54 PM

it's over if it comes to that.

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