UAB became the first Division I football team to join a fledgling organization that hopes to represent athletes as college sports moves to a more professional model.
After a meeting arranged by coach Trent Dilfer, athletes.org announced Monday its co-founders met recently with UAB’s players and staff and laid out a vision of a not-so-distant future of college sports, which includes athletes collectively bargaining with schools, conferences or possibly the NCAA to determine how revenue is shared and other polices.
Athletes.org is not a union — yet — and one of several organizations trying to organize athletes. Jim Cavale, one of the founders, said the group has signed up more than 2,900 college athletes from all sports over the last eight months, mostly one by one.
“It’s a lot easier if you can get in front of team and at least have the opportunity to earn their trust and see if they want to sign up. Give them a the choice, as a team,” Cavale told AP in a phone interview.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Flash floods kill hundreds and injure many others in Afghanistan, Taliban saysAll aboard the Rita Ora show! Singer is showered with kisses by husband Taika WaititiPoor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government's responseAshley Roberts puts on a leggy display in a sequinned gold thighA cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offlineFine dining, at a new high. A MichelinFrom 'Psycho' to a new crop of horror movies, the genre has some mommy issuesAppeals court upholds Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress convictionNewcomer Arraez hits a walkDowns scores late to keep Cologne up and defer Bundesliga relegation decisions to final day
2.9931s , 6497.5078125 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by UAB football team becomes first in NCAA Division I to sign with college athlete organization ,Culture Chronicle news portal