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Sign the Petition to Protect the Health and Safety of College Athletes

Sign the Petition to Protect the Health and Safety of College Athletes

This past Saturday, a number of college football players from Georgia, Georgia Tech and Northwestern wrote the letters APU on the gear they wore during televised games. APU stands for "All Players United" and is a campaign just launched by the National College Players Association (NCPA). The NCPA is advocating for reforms to college football and other sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that would protect the health and safety of college athletes and give players a fair share of the millions of licensing dollars the schools earn through the use of representations of the players.

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