INFLCR Founder Jim Cavale is partnering with former NFLer Brandon Copeland to create Athletes.org, a membership organization for student-athletes, per Yahoo's Ross Dellenger, who notes the group will provide a voice for athletes, "on-demand support through an array of experts in the legal and medical field" through dozens of "pro-bono attorneys, accountants and doctors," and more. Cavale: “There are a lot of things happening in college sports. NIL and the transfer portal are only the beginning of where we are headed. There have been associations for the colleges, coaches and even the athletic directors for a long time. It’s a time where athletes need to finally have their own association. [...] As you know, unionization has been attempted before at the college sports level and it’s very difficult,. Athletes aren’t employees. Even if they are employees, a lot of them would be employees of state and public institutions with state laws that would prevent unionization from happening. Athletes.org is the best thing for the entire industry. This is not an us-versus-them situation between college athletes and the schools’ administration and the conferences. That’s not what this is.” (link)
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