Sportico: Proposed college athletes union faces hurdles beyond movements

Sportico: As leaders from the Power 5 conferences—the ACC, Big 10, Pac-12, SEC and Big 12—contemplate the cancellation of football and other fall sports, a group of college football players is pushing back. One key demand: They want to form a players’ association.

Inasmuch as college administrators worry about the ramifications of COVID-19, they may fear the creation of a college football players’ association—whether that mean forming a union of players or even just a trade association—even more, as it would permanently alter college sports.

As the law stands today, college football players could not form a union. Under labor law, a union consists of employees. And while there is debate about whether college athletes ought to be recognized as such, that debate hasn’t translated into change.

College Athletes Union Faces Hurdles Beyond #WeAreUnited and #WeWantToPlay

As Trevor Lawrence and other college football players demand to play despite the pandemic, they also demand to form a players' association.

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