Atlanta Falcons star tight end Kyle Pitts Sr.said he thought the concept of athletes returning to college football after participating in training camps is "crazy" and predicted college football players will unionize.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.
If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom."I do think it's crazy, but I also think it's something that it's gonna happen," Pitts told OutKick in a recent interview.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEKyle Pitts Sr.
of the Atlanta Falcons stands for the national anthem before a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sept.13, 2026.
(Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)"We have to kind of brace for it because with NIL I feel like it's giving people chances to have different say, and in my opinion, I think, you heard from me here first.I think there's gonna be a union in the college football next.
Which, you know, players will be able to have different rights to do different things."Pitts, who has played in the NFL for six seasons, said going through training camp is like earning a badge of honor and returning to college football is a step back."I think once you go to the campground in NFL, I feel like it's a badge of honor of like, OK, I wouldn't want to go back to college and, whether things may have failed, whether you wanted them to (differently).It's not up to you to just want to try and want to regress and go back to college and just take another year on college campus when you've now been in competition with grown men with families and such, and just want to go back to college with kids," Pitts said.Given how NIL has evolved, Pitts expects any potential union among college players to be strong.THE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.
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