{"id":1778,"date":"2026-07-27T11:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:12:38","slug":"a-player-led-labor-effort-could-be-a-sign-of-college-footballs-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1778","title":{"rendered":"A Player-Led Labor Effort Could Be a Sign of College Football\u2019s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Football players at Stanford have organized a chapter with the College Football Players Association, which could be a significant first step toward athletes in the NCAA\u2019s most lucrative sport unionizing in the future.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1774\">The Latino Voters in These Districts Could Decide the House Majority<\/a><\/p><p>Others have tried, of course, and the CFBPA is not attempting to form a union at Stanford at the moment. But five years after the labor group launched, this is its first chapter led by active players, and it described the infrastructure as providing the \u201cfirm foundation for unionization and collective bargaining.\u201d The CFBPA is hopeful the announcement Monday leads to similar organizing at other Division I football programs.<\/p>\n<p>That could happen in the near future, according to Jason Stahl, the CFBPA\u2019s executive director. The broader goal here is to give football players a real say in the decisions shaping the name, image and likeness (NIL) era of college sports. And the timing is certainly interesting, too, as a handful of U.S. senators keep pushing the , a bill supported by the NCAA and many conferences but generally loathed by labor groups.<\/p><p>It\u2019s impossible to separate any athlete organizing from <span><u>what\u2019s going on on Capitol Hill<\/u><\/span>, especially with how the possibility of employment and unions plays into most \u2014 if not all \u2014 of these policy discussions. Just take it from Ernest Cooper, a redshirt senior linebacker at Stanford who was elected by his teammates as one of the leaders for their chapter with the CFBPA.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin\" class=\"wp-image-1747\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9589f7171cc79dcb83bde7308da6885a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9589f7171cc79dcb83bde7308da6885a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9589f7171cc79dcb83bde7308da6885a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9589f7171cc79dcb83bde7308da6885a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The DNC Put Up Its Headquarters as Collateral to Obtain Its Massive Loan\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Budget Deficit\" class=\"wp-image-1717\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1851152d04fcd31b726f08be231e78e6-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1851152d04fcd31b726f08be231e78e6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1851152d04fcd31b726f08be231e78e6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1851152d04fcd31b726f08be231e78e6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      A Heritage Employee Was Caught With Drugs Trying to Get Into the Senate, Police Say\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Mike Johnson Is \u2018Sick of This Shit\u2019 (But Sorry He Said So)\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connelly Early\" class=\"wp-image-1777\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f4e665f3fd4270ce670e4dd79c0e0d3a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f4e665f3fd4270ce670e4dd79c0e0d3a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f4e665f3fd4270ce670e4dd79c0e0d3a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f4e665f3fd4270ce670e4dd79c0e0d3a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      What the Nationals\u2019 First Deadline Deal Really Means\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cYou see what\u2019s going on in Congress; I think it\u2019s hard when people who can\u2019t relate, or try to say they understand the space, are trying to govern and put rules over you when you don\u2019t have an ambassador at that table to advocate on your behalf,\u201d Cooper said in a phone interview. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to determine what\u2019s right for us without talking to us.\u201d<\/p><p>Late last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune <span><u>told reporters<\/u><\/span> he doesn\u2019t expect a floor vote on the Protect College Sports Act before this session ends Aug. 7. And while that doesn\u2019t mean a vote couldn\u2019t happen post-recess, it does raise doubts about its chances of passing through the Senate \u2014 let alone the House \u2014 despite the legislation being driven by two powerful senators on opposite sides of the aisle: Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).<\/p><p>In June, the bill made it out of the Senate\u2019s commerce committee with a 19-9 vote. To that point, Cruz and Cantwell had a lot of control over its fate, seeing that Cruz is the committee\u2019s chair and Cantwell its ranking member. But now the midterms are closing in. Soon, as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), one of the bill\u2019s co-sponsors, explained recently, focus will shift to campaigning, then to budget negotiations \u2014- at which point the PCSA could run out of time.<\/p><p>A major hangup has been opposition from the SEC and Big Ten \u2014 the two biggest, richest conferences in college sports \u2014 which has led to ongoing negotiations with Cruz and Cantwell, along with Schmitt and Chris Coons (D-Delaware), the last original co-sponsor. Employment is not among the issues they are going back and forth on.<\/p>\n<p>But ever since the bill was introduced, including a line about how it is \u201cneutral on, and does nothing to alter, employee or non-employee status for student athletes,\u201d employment has been a complicating factor for Democrats and Republicans, though largely for different reasons.<\/p><p>Many Republicans, in the Senate and House, want any sweeping college sports bill to bar athletes from becoming employees. That includes Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), a former D-I football coach who\u2019s been pushing against the PCSA, according to multiple people familiar with his messaging to fellow Republicans. This is also a long-running goal for the NCAA and its schools.<\/p><p>On the other side, many pro-labor Democrats believe the bill could stunt future attempts to organize college athletes. Their argument: By giving the NCAA and conferences the antitrust protection needed to regulate compensation, player movement and eligibility without the threat of lawsuits, the PCSA would set rules that should be subject to collective bargaining, like in the NFL, NBA and other pro leagues. Then to take that argument a step further: If the PCSA instituted those rules along with antitrust immunity, labor groups would lose key leverage points. Why would college athletes unionize if they couldn\u2019t negotiate over these issues?<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1768\">Potential Presidential 2028 Democrats Split Over Russia Sanctions<\/a><\/p><p>Which brings us back to Stanford\u2019s new chapter with the CFBPA. On Capitol Hill, its existence should only strengthen those sentiments on both sides.<\/p><p>Again, it\u2019s not an immediate attempt to unionize. But a number of factors will determine whether that\u2019s eventually possible. One, of course, is what happens with the PCSA. Another is the outcome of Johnson vs. NCAA, a federal lawsuit that is seeking employment status for college athletes under the National Labor Relations Act. And another is whether a Democrat wins the White House in 2028, which would almost certainly lead to a more union-friendly National Labor Relations Board.<\/p><p>The Dartmouth men\u2019s basketball team began its attempt to unionize when Joe Biden was president. It then withdrew its petition with the NLRB a few weeks before Donald Trump\u2019s second inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollective is what you eventually want to get to, one hundred percent,\u201d Cooper, the Stanford linebacker, said of the long-term plan for his team\u2019s chapter and the CFBPA. \u201cYou see the NFL and how they have their players association. All I want is for college athletes to not just get what they deserve, but to be protected while playing, too.\u201d<\/p><p>The CFBPA is one of a few prominent college athlete labor groups. Others include Athletes.org and the National College Players Association, whose executive director, Ramogi Huma, led the attempt to unionize Northwestern\u2019s football team more than a decade ago. But the CFBPA, founded by Stahl, is the only group that is solely focused on football players.<\/p><p>While Stahl\u2019s ultimate vision is to scale this across the country, a more specific goal is to leverage Stanford\u2019s chapter to get more ACC teams on board. Down the line, he hopes, ACC football players would collectively bargain with the conference over compensation, player safety and so on. If that were to happen, chapter leaders from each program would participate in negotiations.<\/p><p>The ACC, meanwhile, has been lobbying hard for the PCSA. The conference\u2019s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee recently <span><u>sent a letter<\/u><\/span> to a handful of senators stumping for the bill. When the NCAA and conferences select athletes to testify for their interests on Capitol Hill, they are usually involved with the advisory committee, which is an NCAA-sponsored program. And this letter, a full-throated endorsement of the PCSA, further illustrates the divide between the big-money sports and everyone else.<\/p><p>Of the 28 athletes who signed the letter, none was a football or men\u2019s basketball player. It\u2019s only reason one million why it\u2019s difficult to govern D-I sports with one set of rules \u2014 and, to that end, one federal bill.<\/p><p>\u201cIf there is collective bargaining down the line, it would make sense for football to be the focus,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cIt\u2019s just where the most money is.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1764\">RFK Jr.\u2019s Big Promise to Ban Pharmaceutical Ads Is in the Slow Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanford players have formed a chapter with the College Football Players Association. 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