Leaders of the Pac-12 player-driven movement, #WeAreUnited, lashed out at the conference in an email Friday evening, describing their feelings as disappointed and deeply concerned.
The two sides held their first call Thursday night, which focused predominantly on health and safety concerns from players regarding COVID-19. In their letter to commissioner Larry Scott on Friday, athletes criticized the conference for its delay in meeting with them—four days after their original list of demands last Sunday—and wrote that the league is not taking the matter seriously.
The group listed demands that it hopes to see the conference rectify, including uniform safety protocols “consistent with best scientific practices,” written confirmation that COVID liability waivers will not be used, the right to have attorneys present during calls and the scheduling of daily meetings with league officials.