Pac 10 players list demands

[displacedinMN]

This should be good.

A group of Pac-12 football players from multiple schools penned a letter in The Players' Tribune threatening to opt out of fall camp and game participation unless their demands for fair treatment, safety regulations and concerns over racial justice for college athletes are met by the conference.

The letter is signed by Players of the Pac-12 and uses the hashtag #WeAreUnited to explain the group's concerns, saying "NCAA sports exploit college athletes physically, economically and academically, and also disproportionately harm Black college athletes, #WeAreUnited."

According to a source, one of the bigger issues the group wants to address is racial injustice, which is outlined in the letter.

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Pac-12 players threaten to opt out, list demands

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The student-athletes are asking the conference to form a permanent civic-engagement task force to address social injustice issues, as well as an annual Pac-12 Black College Athlete Summit with at least three athletes from every school in the conference.

In addition, the letter says the group wants the conference to direct 2% of conference revenue to support financial aid for low-income Black students, community initiatives and development programs for college athletes on campus.

The athletes within the group leading this charge also say they are being asked to play college sports in a pandemic without transparency and guarantees for their safety, and without the ability to secure representation while being asked to sign documents that could serve as liability waivers.

Among the demands listed in the letter, the group starts by asking for safety protections amid the coronavirus pandemic. Among those demands: allowing student-athletes to opt out of play during the pandemic without losing eligibility or a spot on the team, prohibiting any COVID-19 agreements that waive liability, and player-approved health and safety standards enforced by a third party selected by players to address COVID-19.

"Because we should not be stuck with sports-related medical expenses, including COVID-19 related expenses, #WeAreUnited," the letter reads.

The group is also asking conference commissioner Larry Scott, administrators and coaches to "drastically reduce excessive pay" and end performance bonuses to help preserve all existing sports. In addition to those financial requests, the student-athletes are demanding guaranteed medical expense coverage for six years after college athletics eligibility ends.

The group is asking the conference to distribute 50 percent of each sport's total conference revenue evenly among athletes in their respective sports, six-year athletic scholarships, and the ability to transfer one time with impunity.

The demands were released on Sunday, and as of Saturday, the Pac-12 said in a statement it had yet to hear from the group.

"Neither the Conference nor our university athletics departments have been contacted by this group regarding these topics," a Pac-12 statement said. "We support our student-athletes using their voice and have regular communications with our student-athletes at many different levels on a range of topics. As we have clearly stated with respect to our fall competition plans, we are, and always will be, directed by medical experts, with the health, safety and well being of our student athletes, coaches and staff always the first priority. We have made it clear that any student athlete who chooses not to return to competition for health or safety reasons will have their scholarship protected."

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Good luck in the real world. What a joke...

[Pasta Little Brioni]

What's wrong with their demands? /cp dumb****s

[tyecopeland]

Maybe this will end college athletics. I'd be on board for that.

[kcclone]

Pac 12 kids think they have leverage? That league could fold tonight and no one would care

[jallmon]

They're going to piss around here and cause the doors to be slammed shut on a multitude of kids trying to get out of the poverty cycle. They are going to ruin a bunch of lives.

The athletics situation right now is not perfect, on either side, but it is the best we have.

[FloridaMan88]

Pull their athletic scholarships and force them to pay regular tuition and re-apply to get into their school without the benefit of an “exploitative” athletic scholarship... good luck.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Pull their athletic scholarships and force them to pay regular tuition and re-apply to get into their school without the benefit of an “exploitative” athletic scholarship... good luck.

Well, Financial Aid has rigorous academic standards, and without sportsballs scholarships, ain't no one going to class for them, so...

SEE YA!

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by kcclone

Pac 12 kids think they have leverage? That league could fold tonight and no one would care

the Pac-10 conference still exists?

[GloryDayz]

This is ****ing awesome. After all the bullshit where the liberal school leadership gave into the student body, and the OAN thing, who could have seen THIS coming.

I'm not sure this is a good year to pull this BS, perhaps it's a great year, but it's fun to watch...

[BossChief]

I can understand wanting safety precautions in place and for the school to be responsible for all medical costs associated with those precautions...but this list of demands is beyond crazy.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by tyecopeland

Maybe this will end college athletics. I'd be on board for that.

Yeah, college athletics is a real oddity of our society. Why are colleges serving as the farm teams for pros? Why are colleges using athletics as a fundraiser when the most successful of them do so at a significant cost to their academic reputations? Go back to concentrating on academics and let's not even have athletics associated with college.

[Bump]

The main thing that I have a problem with with NCAA sports is being prevented to make money off of your talent and fame that you earned yourself. If a company wanted to endorse a college athlete and use them in a commercial or something like that, there's no valid reason why that player should be banned from accepting it. The overwhelming majority of these athletes only have 4 years that their talent is worth anything.

[mr. tegu]

Black athletes are disproportionately given a free top of the line education...and...this is...bad for black athletes?

[TribalElder]

well bye

Only reason I watch the pac 12 is because its on late af on saturday nights since it's on west coast time. Don't really give a donkey about them. SEC owns that space

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Yeah, college athletics is a real oddity of our society. Why are colleges serving as the farm teams for pros? Why are colleges using athletics as a fundraiser when the most successful of them do so at a significant cost to their academic reputations? Go back to concentrating on academics and let's not even have athletics associated with college.

Dalla signs....