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Report: Pac-12 Player Group Threatens to Opt Out of Season, Lists Demands on Player Safety and Social Injustice

Related Topics: Pac-12 Conference, Player Group, ESPN

A group of Pac-12 football players from multiple schools is threatening to opt out of camps and games this season until its negotiations with the conference over racial injustice, player safety amid the coronavirus pandemic and more items are completed, according to ESPN.

ESPN reports the group aims to "obtain a written contract with the Pac- 12 that legally ensures we are offered the following protections and benefits." Their list of demands also includes "securing economic rights and fair compensation, protecting all sports and obtaining long-term health insurance." The biggest issue the group reportedly seeks to address is racial injustice.