good news… the unions/federal government will insure that every offer is a four year deal with a pension. Every kid will get a salary, car and an HR rep to insure they are treated like flowers. I can't wait to see the law suite's issued for coaches raising their voices in practice. Heaven forbid a union rep witnesses a union member struggle with weights that are to heavy. We will all become fans of soccer and rugby.
It's obvious the lefties, progressives and libs are after a manly sport like football. They've been attacking pro football for a while now and now they've found a way to undercut college football. If allowed to stand, and spread to other schools (which it will) you'll have disgruntled players calling for a strike right before a big rivalry game. The schools will pay all the money to refund ticket money, the other money invested will be lost, the TV contracts will be violated, Corso and crew will have to buy some last minute plane tickets to another venue, and they'll be so unprepared they won't even have those mascot heads or whatever it is they wear to pick that days game. It will be a fiasco.
A player will get redshirted, and file a union grievance. An arbitrator will decide if a kid who committed and wants to back out two months after signing day can renege on his commitment--the school will be left holding the bag when it's too late to find a replacement for the kid they were planning as a key part of their season's planning.
If a kid doesn't want to play because he doesn't want to risk further injury that might affect him four months later for the pro combines, he'll sit out.
This could extend to all aspects of student life. If the scholarship player doesn't like his dorm room (and he probably already has the most luxurious dorm on campus) he'll grieve it as a part of his working conditions and be allowed to displace somebody else in another dorm room.
If a coach yells at a player, and the player doesn't like it, he can grieve it as some kind of hostile and adverse working condition. Players will be filing grievances over position changes. When a coach signals in a play that the QB doesn't like, the QB will call time, and come to the sideline and demand that his union steward be present at the conference with the coach.
Of course, this will all work very well for the type of prima donna divas that seem to be emerging among the elite of south Florida talent. I would say, let them go to Alabama or whatever in the SEC and let them destroy those programs from within with all their special demands and expectations. Of course, it might not work, since those are mainly southern right-to-work states. So they might have to agree not to sign a union card as a condition of their scholarship.
What a mess this will be....