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The ACC will delay the start of competition for all fall sports until at least Sept. 1
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<blockquote data-quote="Augusta_Jacket" data-source="post: 733599" data-attributes="member: 1191"><p>This is from the Guardian, which is generally as close to a neutral source in the US as they come. There are a <strong><em>LOT </em></strong>of players who are not happy right now, and I would not be shocked to see mass walkouts before this season happens. I think most would be ok with playing if they felt the university had their best interests at heart, but it's clear from the interviews that a lot of players are very skeptical about the procedures in place and frankly feel as if they are merely being used as pawns in the economic game with no real voice or share in the earnings. </p><p></p><p><strong><em>"One student-athlete from a school in college football’s Power Five, who like all players interviewed for this story asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from their programs, told us that concerns began right from the start of the pandemic.</em></strong></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>“When everything first was shut down and cancelled, we were actually going to have like a team workout,” he said. “And they told us we were going to try and have a spring ball practice that day even though we weren’t supposed to practice for like I think a week after that.”</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>That player did make it clear players on his team were informed if they chose not to practice “it’s not going to be held against you,” but, he said, “people kind of didn’t really trust that”.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>“If there was organized and mandatory football events going on and they held out because of fears of Covid-19 that there would be no repercussions … in terms of losing reps, losing playing time, things of that nature,” he said.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>Another player from a Power Five school who did opt out was made into an example by his coaches. As he put it, after opting out of the season: “I am not allowed to be involved in any team activities. I was told that I should clean my locker out. Coaches just showed their true colors.”"</em></strong></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/03/college-football-coronavirus-athletes[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augusta_Jacket, post: 733599, member: 1191"] This is from the Guardian, which is generally as close to a neutral source in the US as they come. There are a [B][I]LOT [/I][/B]of players who are not happy right now, and I would not be shocked to see mass walkouts before this season happens. I think most would be ok with playing if they felt the university had their best interests at heart, but it's clear from the interviews that a lot of players are very skeptical about the procedures in place and frankly feel as if they are merely being used as pawns in the economic game with no real voice or share in the earnings. [B][I]"One student-athlete from a school in college football’s Power Five, who like all players interviewed for this story asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from their programs, told us that concerns began right from the start of the pandemic.[/I][/B] [I][B] “When everything first was shut down and cancelled, we were actually going to have like a team workout,” he said. “And they told us we were going to try and have a spring ball practice that day even though we weren’t supposed to practice for like I think a week after that.” That player did make it clear players on his team were informed if they chose not to practice “it’s not going to be held against you,” but, he said, “people kind of didn’t really trust that”. “If there was organized and mandatory football events going on and they held out because of fears of Covid-19 that there would be no repercussions … in terms of losing reps, losing playing time, things of that nature,” he said. [/B][/I] [B][I]Another player from a Power Five school who did opt out was made into an example by his coaches. As he put it, after opting out of the season: “I am not allowed to be involved in any team activities. I was told that I should clean my locker out. Coaches just showed their true colors.”"[/I][/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/aug/03/college-football-coronavirus-athletes[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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