Posts tagged College Football Players Association
Falcons star Kyle Pitts Sr predicts CFB players will unionize, says pro players returning to school is ‘crazy’
September 17, 2026 // LSU may have backed down on its quest to add professional athletes to its roster, but the conversation is still raging on. Atlanta Falcons star tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. said he thought the concept of athletes returning to college football after participating in training camps is "crazy" and predicted college football players will unionize. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom. "I do think it's crazy, but I also think it's something that it's gonna happen," Pitts told OutKick in a recent interview.
Over 100 women’s college basketball players team up in unionization effort
August 3, 2026 // NCAA leaders have long opposed the idea of players becoming employees of their schools, though the idea isn't universally opposed by college leaders. Tennessee athletic director Danny White has been among those who have said collective bargaining is the only real solution to the problems that confront schools that are now paying millions to their players. Attempts to create unions for college athletes at Dartmouth and Southern California stalled in 2024 due to the changing landscape in college sports and the then-incoming Trump administration's new National Labor Relations Board, which wasn't expected to approve the moves.
ACC union? Stanford players working to lay the groundwork for college sports’ next labor fight
July 29, 2026 // Jason Stahl, the founder of the College Football Players Association, has worked with Cooper and Anderson for more than a year after a former Stanford team employee connected them. The players spent time getting to know Stahl and evaluating his intentions before deciding he was the right person to bring to the team. Stahl has worked to organize players at multiple schools over the years, often quietly. In 2021, he was secretly brought into Penn State's team facility to speak with a group of Nittany Lions before a team employee accidentally walked in, exposing the meeting. Days later, ahead of that year's Big Ten Media Days, an independent news outlet incorrectly reported that Penn State players were unionizing.
What a Players Union/Association Means for Penn State Football
July 25, 2022 // Penn State Football could be a leader in the new era of college football. Quarterback Sean Clifford leading the charge. Not only is he running a successful agency that helps athletes navigate the NIL landscape, but now it seems he is leading a movement to give the players more power. Every couple of years we hear about a group that is trying to “unionize” in college sports. Most of the time it is met with harsh criticism from fans and the universities. revenue-sharing plan, amateurism, More Perfect Union