More developments on the student-athlete compensation front as Athletes.org hosted more than 50 Football student-athletes in Atlanta to discuss player rights, the House settlement and more. Athletes.org Founder/Chairman Jim Cavale telling On3's Pete Nakos: “We talked about compensation, we had multiple questions about that. Everything from what portion of the House revenue share they should get. We talked about incentives and if they should get rewarded if they get as far as the College Football Playoff final just like their coaches and schools do. We talked about whether there should be a players’ association — 100 percent of them believed they should. [...] The overarching problem they have is how they’re not included in any of these things and how they’re set up. To simplify it, I’m going to quote [former Notre Dame athletic director] Jack Swarbrick. He says that you can fix all the problems in college athletics by just getting the athletes to sit together with college leaders and go through each one. Of course, he wants that to happen outside of employment and create a collective bargaining process. I’m quoting him because he said we don’t need Congress to set all the rules, we need Congress to create a way for not to be employees to negotiate with us.” (link)
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