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Pac-12 players threatening to boycott season if list of demands aren’t met for 2020
By Kevin Duffey
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Former Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter, now a podcast and radio host, spoke out on Twitter about some Pac-12 players who are planning to boycott the 2020 season if a list of demands aren’t met.
I’ve embedded Carpenter’s tweets below, but the main demands are revenue sharing and better COVID-19 testing and protocols.
Thread- Pac 12 football players have created a list of “demands” 4 the @pac12/Universities 2 take into consideration, if the demands aren’t addressed/complied w/ the players R threatening to sit out the season..There is significant support growing among ALL 12 teams with 50 or
— Rudy Carpenter (@rudygcarp12) July 17, 2020
6 yrs insurance upon graduation, better Covid-19 testing & protcols etc etc…The player led group is being spearheaded at @CalFootball & they have been holding phone calls with other Pac12 teams..There is some kinda of players only meeting/vote that will be taking place shortly.
— Rudy Carpenter (@rudygcarp12) July 17, 2020
In the tweets, Carpenter said that the Cal Bears are leading and organizing the charge, and apparently the players will hold a vote soon on the matter.
The Pac-12 has already announced it will play a conference-only schedule this fall, along with the Big Ten. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 are hanging tough and haven’t changed their schedules yet due to COVID-19.
Players apparently feel they have leverage in this situation due to the strong desire for conferences to play games to earn revenue in 2020.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.
