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College football stars make desperate pleas to save 2020 season: #WeWantToPlay

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker spoke to media members via Zoom on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Detroit Free Press

It started with a tweet from Clemson star Trevor Lawrence, a minute after midnight. It snowballed in a flash.

And it could be the start of the first free-labor union movement.

With the fate of the college football season hanging in the balance, some of the most prominent players in the game from all five Power 5 conferences took to Twitter overnight Monday to voice support for both the games to be played and for the athletes’ voices to be heard.