Arizona Football: Pac-12 players take next step in boycott, Black Lives Matter

Prior to the publishing of the players demands, the Pac-12 held a media event online, most likely trying to get ahead of the post.

The Pac-12 just announced by Larry Scott on the online media meeting that they got approval for a training camp start on August 17th.  Following a July 10th decision to play conference games only, Scott made the announcement, “We have a plan and we have a football schedule.” He also stated that the football season will start on September 26th with flexibility. “If the situation warrants,” said Scott, “We have the ability to reschedule them [games].” He also mentioned that the Championship game will not be played in Las Vegas, it will be a home hosted event.

During the meeting, Stanford Head Coach David Shaw spoke at length at how much they are working with medical professionals and doing everything they can do to make it safe. Scott reiterated that they have been in contact with many professionals and experts. But have they been talking to the players? The players don’t have a union or anyone speaking up for them, thus they felt it was the right time to get together and try to get their voices heard.

To be fair, the NCAA has started moving towards allowing basketball players to have agents before they graduate, and athletes will be able to use their name and likeness, but there hasn’t been much movement lately from what we can see. The Pac-12 players are pushing the narrative and starting high. They want revenue share among other things that we highlighted just above.

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You are probably asking yourselves, why would they ask for revenue share right now, especially when the economy is tanking and we are in the middle of a pandemic? Do they really think they are going to get that demand met?

In any negotiation you have to start high, then come to a compromise. Maybe the compromise is to implement the Name and Likeness allowances already planned in 2021 by the NCAA earlier. Governors from around the country like California Governor Gavin Newsom (Fair Pay to Play Act) and Florida Governor Desantis of Florida pushed their hand. If you want to know why revenue is a part of the request, these Tweets gives you some insight.

This #WeAreUnited movement is spreading quickly! So much, that Florida Gators defensive end Zachary Carter also joined in the conversation.

Hopefully we gave you some food for thought. With hundreds of thousands of people across the globe protesting and asking for equal rights and equality under the law, it’s time for the NCAA and the Pac-12 to come to the table and negotiate.