Post by wcu72 on Aug 2, 2020 21:22:48 GMT -5
I think all the PAC-12 football players must have joined the Democratic Party.
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#WeAreUnited
PLAYERS OF THE PAC-12
Because NCAA sports exploit college athletes physically, economically and academically, and also disproportionately harm Black college athletes, #WeAreUnited.
In rejecting the NCAA’s claim that #BlackLivesMatter while also systematically exploiting Black athletes nationwide, #WeAreUnited.
Because we are being asked to play college sports in a pandemic in a system without enforced health and safety standards, and without transparency about COVID cases on our teams, the risks to ourselves, our families, and our communities, #WeAreUnited.
The demands..........
Pac-12 Football Unity Demands To Protect and Benefit Both Scholarship and Walk-On Athletes
I. Health & Safety Protections
COVID-19 Protections
1. Allow option not to play during the pandemic without losing athletics
eligibility or spot on our team’s roster.
2. Prohibit/void COVID-19 agreements that waive liability.
Mandatory Safety Standards, Including COVID-19 Measures
1. Player-approved health and safety standards enforced by a third party
selected by players to address COVID-19, as well as serious injury, abuse
and death.
II. Protect All Sports
Preserve All Existing Sports by Eliminating Excessive Expenditures
1. Larry Scott, administrators, and coaches to voluntarily and drastically
reduce excessive pay.
2. End performance/academic bonuses.
3. End lavish facility expenditures and use some endowment funds to
preserve all sports.*
*As an example, Stanford University should reinstate all sports discontinued
by tapping into their $27.7 billion endowment.
III. End Racial Injustice in College Sports and Society
1. Form a permanent civic-engagement task force made up of our leaders,
experts of our choice, and university and conference administrators to address
outstanding issues such as racial injustice in college sports and in society.
2. In partnership with the Pac-12, 2% of conference revenue would be directed
by players to support financial aid for low-income Black students, community
initiatives, and development programs for college athletes on each campus.
3. Form annual Pac-12 Black College Athlete Summit with guaranteed
representation of at least three athletes of our choice from every school.
IV. Economic Freedom and Equity
Guaranteed Medical Expense Coverage
1. Medical insurance selected by players for sports-related medical
conditions, including COVID- 19 illness, to cover six years after college
athletics eligibility ends.
Name, Image, and Likeness Rights & Representation
1. The freedom to secure representation, receive basic necessities from any
third party, and earn money for use of our name, image, and likeness
rights.
Fair Market Pay, Rights, & Freedoms
1. Distribute 50% of each sport’s total conference revenue evenly among
athletes in their respective sports.
2. Six-year athletic scholarships to foster undergraduate and graduate degree
completion.
3. Elimination of all policies and practices restricting or deterring our freedom
of speech, our ability to fully participate in charitable work, and our
freedom to participate in campus activities outside of mandatory athletics
participation.
4. Ability of players of all sports to transfer one time without punishment, and
additionally in cases of abuse or serious negligence.
5. Ability to complete eligibility after participating in a pro draft if player goes
undrafted and foregoes professional participation within seven days of the
draft.
6. Due process rights
www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/pac-12-players-covid-19-statement-football-season
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#WeAreUnited
PLAYERS OF THE PAC-12
Because NCAA sports exploit college athletes physically, economically and academically, and also disproportionately harm Black college athletes, #WeAreUnited.
In rejecting the NCAA’s claim that #BlackLivesMatter while also systematically exploiting Black athletes nationwide, #WeAreUnited.
Because we are being asked to play college sports in a pandemic in a system without enforced health and safety standards, and without transparency about COVID cases on our teams, the risks to ourselves, our families, and our communities, #WeAreUnited.
The demands..........
Pac-12 Football Unity Demands To Protect and Benefit Both Scholarship and Walk-On Athletes
I. Health & Safety Protections
COVID-19 Protections
1. Allow option not to play during the pandemic without losing athletics
eligibility or spot on our team’s roster.
2. Prohibit/void COVID-19 agreements that waive liability.
Mandatory Safety Standards, Including COVID-19 Measures
1. Player-approved health and safety standards enforced by a third party
selected by players to address COVID-19, as well as serious injury, abuse
and death.
II. Protect All Sports
Preserve All Existing Sports by Eliminating Excessive Expenditures
1. Larry Scott, administrators, and coaches to voluntarily and drastically
reduce excessive pay.
2. End performance/academic bonuses.
3. End lavish facility expenditures and use some endowment funds to
preserve all sports.*
*As an example, Stanford University should reinstate all sports discontinued
by tapping into their $27.7 billion endowment.
III. End Racial Injustice in College Sports and Society
1. Form a permanent civic-engagement task force made up of our leaders,
experts of our choice, and university and conference administrators to address
outstanding issues such as racial injustice in college sports and in society.
2. In partnership with the Pac-12, 2% of conference revenue would be directed
by players to support financial aid for low-income Black students, community
initiatives, and development programs for college athletes on each campus.
3. Form annual Pac-12 Black College Athlete Summit with guaranteed
representation of at least three athletes of our choice from every school.
IV. Economic Freedom and Equity
Guaranteed Medical Expense Coverage
1. Medical insurance selected by players for sports-related medical
conditions, including COVID- 19 illness, to cover six years after college
athletics eligibility ends.
Name, Image, and Likeness Rights & Representation
1. The freedom to secure representation, receive basic necessities from any
third party, and earn money for use of our name, image, and likeness
rights.
Fair Market Pay, Rights, & Freedoms
1. Distribute 50% of each sport’s total conference revenue evenly among
athletes in their respective sports.
2. Six-year athletic scholarships to foster undergraduate and graduate degree
completion.
3. Elimination of all policies and practices restricting or deterring our freedom
of speech, our ability to fully participate in charitable work, and our
freedom to participate in campus activities outside of mandatory athletics
participation.
4. Ability of players of all sports to transfer one time without punishment, and
additionally in cases of abuse or serious negligence.
5. Ability to complete eligibility after participating in a pro draft if player goes
undrafted and foregoes professional participation within seven days of the
draft.
6. Due process rights
www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/pac-12-players-covid-19-statement-football-season
