This, my friends, is why they pay Larry Scott the big bucks.
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott is open to holding dialogue with a group of league football players who are threatening to boycott the 2020 football season, according to a letter that Scott sent the group Monday. Sports Illustrated obtained a copy of the two-page letter, which Scott wrote in response to the #WeAreUnited campaign’s letter Sunday.
Pac-12 officials are reviewing #WeAreUnited’s list of demands and documents, Scott says in the 1,400-word response, sent at 7 p.m. ET Monday. “We are eager to hear more about your concerns and very happy to discuss,” Scott writes. “I will come back to you in the coming days following discussion with our members and student-athlete leaders to schedule a call for this week to discuss the matters that you have raised.”
He is open. Eager, even. But not quite yet ready to meet. Surprisingly, the players aren’t grabbing Larry’s peace offering.
Hours after receiving a response from Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott that indicated he was eager to hear more about their concerns and would find a convenient time to speak later this week, leaders from the Pac-12’s #WeAreUnited campaign responded late Monday night asking for more immediate action.
“While we appreciate the response, we are looking to move on a faster timeline than you have proposed,” an email approved by the group’s leadership, and obtained by ESPN, said. “We are two weeks from fall camp and would like to work to come to a resolution so that we can play this season. Every day that we don’t have discussions puts players at additional risk of COVID.”
… In a letter to Scott and the Pac-12 athletic directors dated Aug. 2, and obtained by ESPN, the group asked for daily video meetings with Scott, the athletic directors and the player representatives to begin Monday at 8 p.m. PT, but that meeting was not granted.
Where’s the fire, kids? After all, the health of athletes is the league’s “No. 1 priority,” Scott wrote. That ought to keep you safe while the bucks roll in.
I’m really looking forward to watching how long Scott can stall this.
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Ol’ larry ain’t turning down this free pub, he has not the faintest idea WTF is going on, he just knows his conference is getting showered with attention….
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You can always trust Larry and the process to have his receptionist get back to you in the coming days following discussion with members and student-athlete leaders to schedule a call for this week to discuss the matters raised and then create a subcommittee to come up with a mission statement about those matters
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double yikes!
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