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Justin Fields, Trevor Lawrence Lead Group of Power 5 Players Calling for College Football Players Association, Opportunity to Play

The nation's top two quarterbacks, among others, have come together in an attempt to save the college football season and call for a college football players' union.

Ohio State's Justin Fields and Clemson's Trevor Lawrence were among players from all five Power 5 conferences who shared a graphic on social media just after midnight on Monday with two hashtags – #WeAreUnited and #WeWantToPlay – while calling for universal health and safety protocols to protect college athletes against COVID-19, the opportunity for players to opt in or out of the season, guaranteed eligibility regardless of whether a player chooses to play this season and perhaps most notably, “open communication & trust between players and officials” to “ultimately create a college football players association.