College Football Players Demand Protections (and Money)
The Lead
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🗓️ 6 August 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
With less than a month until the start of the college football season, more and more players are demanding better protections against COVID-19, scholarship guarantees, and, in some cases, money. The Athletic’s Nicole Auerbach joins us to talk about how these unprecedented demands have come about, what impact they could have on the fall season, and why players are speaking up now.
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| 0:06.1 | Hello, I'm Hannah. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Sirete. |
| 0:09.1 | And we are the hosts of a Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast. |
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| 0:53.8 | To call it football, we go. A group of football players from the fact 12, including Oregon star safety, Javan Holland, are threatening to opt out of the upcoming season if certain demands are not met as posted in a statement on the player's Tribune website and social media. |
| 1:21.2 | With less than a month until the start of the season, it's still full speed ahead for college football. |
| 1:26.2 | But at the same time, there are signs that all is not well. |
| 1:30.0 | Today, the Athletics Nicole Hourback joins us to talk about the growing demands from college football players, what impact they could have on this season and beyond, and why players are speaking of now. |
| 1:41.8 | It's that labor force that you're asking to come back without protections, without a player's union, and to play with a virus that we don't know everything about. |
| 1:52.0 | From wondering on the athletic, I'm Gavitha Davidson. |
| 1:54.6 | And I'm Andres Kelto. It's Thursday, August 6th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:59.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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