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Is it just a matter of time before these players unionize?
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:24 pm
They would have a lot of leverage if they went on strike a couple of days before the season starts. 
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Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:27 pm to SLIPSHITE
It would also mean a lot of players not getting paid. Unionize. It would be better for the colleges. When a player signs a contract they can't up and leave the next season. Unless it's a one year deal.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:30 pm to kajunman
Legit question. I’m not sure how all that would work out legally. I would have never thought it would get this far. I figured they would all get some kind of stipend not million dollar contracts. Not sure we’re it’s going to stop. It doesn’t look like anybody is trying to.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:30 pm to kajunman
All these NIL contracts aren’t pay for play.. so if they unionized and were still being funded by NIL they could in theory strike and still have to be contractually paid.
It would be disastrous for the schools unless the schools would be able to sign them for multi year deals like NFL.
It would be disastrous for the schools unless the schools would be able to sign them for multi year deals like NFL.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:32 pm to Yaboylsu63
If they unionize there would be a salary cap. It would stop all of this nonsense.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:33 pm to SLIPSHITE
Unionizing would ba good thing, it would bring stability back to the sport. Player “camps” would never want that.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:34 pm to SLIPSHITE
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Is it just a matter of time before these players unionize?
quote:How's that worked out for the NFL players? These guys aren't willing to forgo a season or even a game check by really striking, their careers are too short (especially college players).
They would have a lot of leverage if they went on strike a couple of days before the season starts.
If the players did unionize, that would allow for collective bargaining to control how much teams can pay and for the creation of a college football commissioner (Hi Nick!) that would have Goodell-like power to cancel any phony NIL deals.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:35 pm to SLIPSHITE
Hope so. It would give us all a reason to quit following this crap.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:36 pm to SLIPSHITE
I feel like a union would make this easier because then you have a CBA
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:42 pm to SammyTiger
quote:Union/CBA would benefit the colleges and fringe athletes. The highly sought after recruits and their agents would lose in that scenario.
I feel like a union would make this easier because then you have a CBA
However, it would be the right move overall to stabilize the entire thing moving forward.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 3:52 pm to SLIPSHITE
It would be pretty tough to form a union when over 50% of your members will be gone in two years. The current cba in the nfl was for 10 years and they negotiated it for a couple of years.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 4:32 pm to SLIPSHITE
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Legit question. I’m not sure how all that would work out legally.
They pretty much can't at public universities, they would need permission from the state in most cases. Private universities are governed by the NLRB, when Biden was in office they said they could, but Trump then fired them Northwestern a private school did attempt to unionize in 2015, the NLRB told them no.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 4:42 pm to TigerintheNO
Yea, it would be a tough thing to accomplish. Also, would it be ncaa wide? By conference? I mean, it would definitely put an end to the new crazy “Wild West” it has become in a hurry. The hurdles for this just seem to be too great. Kinda like the likelihood of lsu actually doing a pe deal. Even if they wanted to, the state would never sign off on that at least at this time.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 4:44 pm to SLIPSHITE
These players would cry if they had to pay union dues
Posted on 12/11/25 at 4:50 pm to SLIPSHITE
See the Northwestern attempt to understand why it’s not going to happen imminently. And their challenge was legally as well as they could’ve purported
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:54 pm to SLIPSHITE
Won't happen. Union employees are all paid the same. EGOs won't let it get that far
Posted on 12/11/25 at 6:56 pm to SLIPSHITE
We are experiencing the beginning of the end....college sports are changed FOREVER. Thanks Cali!
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:32 pm to Handsome Pete
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If the players did unionize, that would allow for collective bargaining to control how much teams can pay and for the creation of a college football commissioner
Collective Bargaining will bring structure and guardrails to CFB. That is exactly why unionization should be welcomed by fans.
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:37 pm to SLIPSHITE
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They would have a lot of leverage if they went on strike a couple of days before the season starts
Let the walk-ons play.
Necessary roughness meete the replacements
Posted on 12/11/25 at 9:50 pm to SLIPSHITE
Why would they? Theyve got everything they could possibly want
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