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College football players unite, start #WeWantToPlay movement and call to start players’ union
By Kevin Duffey
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Did college football players save the 2020 season late Sunday night?
It was truly a historical night for the sport we love.
Since March, numerous stories have been written about college football players — how they think and feel, but we haven’t actually heard from many of them, but all of that changed Sunday night.
In a day filled with ominous news surrounding college football and the cancelation of the season, as Power 5 commissioners held an emergency meeting on potentially canceling the season, players, led by Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, took to social media in a last-ditch effort to save the season and let their voices be heard to make clear they want to play, despite the COVID-19 concerns. The Big Ten and Pac-12 appear to be attempting to push the ACC, SEC and Big 12 toward canceling the season.
#WeWantToPlay became the No. 1 trending hashtag in the nation late Sunday night. Lawrence and several other big names in college football, including Alabama running back Najee Harris, held their own “emergency meeting” over a Zoom call about the season, per ESPN. The result of that meeting was shared on social media by Lawrence and others.
#WeWantToPlay pic.twitter.com/jvQhE7noGB
— Trevor Lawrence (@Trevorlawrencee) August 10, 2020
Among the asks in the graphic, “Use our voices to establish open communication and trust between players and officials; ultimately create a college football players association.”
It remains to be seen if this will help save the 2020 season, but this has breathed a little life back into dire situation.
A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.