07-20-2020, 06:06 AM
There is some smoke to this, but it is quite formative in nature as you'd expect.
The only way the players will ever get what they want is to organize and withhold their labor. Now is the perfect time to do that. They know schools are desperate to play games that can generate revenue. They have the pandemic crisis as a lever to justify "holding out" for better working conditions, irrespective of compensation concerns.
It's really tough for college athletes to organize given there are new classes each year. There are so many downstream impacts to how P5 college football players are compensated. Some will say they think the players have a good deal as it is. This may be true, but for me, the issue is that the players take the risk to generate the revenue and they right now have no say in their working conditions, or in how the revenue is allocated. They should have a say in and agree on both variables, IMO.
The only way the players will ever get what they want is to organize and withhold their labor. Now is the perfect time to do that. They know schools are desperate to play games that can generate revenue. They have the pandemic crisis as a lever to justify "holding out" for better working conditions, irrespective of compensation concerns.
It's really tough for college athletes to organize given there are new classes each year. There are so many downstream impacts to how P5 college football players are compensated. Some will say they think the players have a good deal as it is. This may be true, but for me, the issue is that the players take the risk to generate the revenue and they right now have no say in their working conditions, or in how the revenue is allocated. They should have a say in and agree on both variables, IMO.