Brandon Copeland

Christian | Husband | Father
@Athletesorg - The Players Association for College Athletes
@Life101io - Financial Education Platform
Author - Your Money Playbook

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

Start the year off right!
Understand yourself, set goals & lets just focus on making progress towards those every single day.
Small or large steps - it doesn't matter. Just make sure you're stepping in the right direction! @Life101io

[Good Morning America @GMA]

Are you ready to get back to saving 💸 after the holidays?

NFL player-turned-financial expert @bcope51 answers your questions on healthy money-saving habits.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

None of these bills focus on limiting how much everyone else makes off the backs of athletes generating billions annually.

The truth is if athletes weren't worth the 💰 people are willing to pay them, then nobody would pay it.

The NCAA wants to 🧢 it.
Congress is helping them.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

Another bill proposed to limit comp for college athletes with the guise of “saving” college sports — by stepping directly on the athletes themselves.
If I’m a college athlete, a parent, or someone who genuinely cares about athlete success, I’m asking one simple question...

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

The Protect College Sports Act is being marketed as a solution to stabilize college sports, but in reality protects schools and NCAA leadership over athletes.

Read the full statement on https://t.co/TkAGdt2gdX.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

Why do all of these “solutions” target the athlete’s plate?

They want to limit how much athletes can earn, restrict where they can transfer, control how long they can play and reduce their freedom to make decisions about their own future.

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Tyrell adds, “We are the ones putting it all on the field every Saturday, so there’s no reason we should have no say.”
As leaders meet without them, athletes are making it clear: if it affects us, we should have a voice.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

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@IvyLeague @UofPenn @PennFB

[NFLPA Former Players @NFLPAFmrPlayers]

Before going pro, former NFL linebacker @bcope51 competed for the Penn Quakers who won the 2012 Ivy League Championship. In 2013, he signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. He went on to play for a total of ten years in the NFL before retiring. He is now the Executive Director and co-founder of https://t.co/JvnoUvXMfs.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

@WinterSportsLaw Another way for Universities to get you to donate and pay their bills...

[Ryan P. Mulvaney @ryanpmulvaney]

Thankful that @JayBilas addressed this on College GameDay.

Suddenly college sports need “saving” because college athletes are being paid and can transfer.

Suddenly the NCAA needs antitrust protection.

Odd. For decades, while everyone ate off the backs of college athletes, nobody sought federal regulation. Nobody sought an antitrust exemption.

The urgency to lobby Congress to "save college sports" only came to be once the college athletes started getting paid.

Let that sink in.

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Trump’s Executive Order is just another attempt to control college athletes and restrict their rights and freedom.
Read the full statement: https://t.co/yY5myTa4MX

[Darren Heitner @heitner]

Great points by @JayBilas.

UNC is "tampering" with coaches under contract. The NCAA isn't busy creating policies to limit that conduct. But it's not OK for players under contract to communicate with third parties because they may benefit?

Schools complain about finances, but are on the hook to pay fired coaches tens of millions of dollars. No one is begging Congress to cap coach compensation. But compensation to athletes must be capped?

College sports "leaders" need to continue to be called out. For the "SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS" crowd, let's start talking about how much money those "leaders" are earning. Maybe their salaries should be capped, as well?

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

The SCORE Act is bad for college athletes and bad for fans of college sports. We need to defeat it.

[Brandon Copeland @bcope51]

@SEisbergWCIV The same should be said for the entire athletics department and administration staff at CofC then right Matt?!

[Ben Portnoy @bportnoy15]

The players group https://t.co/g4cLzEH08F has launched a Video Game Advisory Committee, "designed to inform, engage and amplify college athlete voices in discussions around their representation in video games."

Those on the committee include:

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Today, https://t.co/GyRYIKxTK9 + Enthusiast Sports & Entertainment launched the Video Game Advisory Committee, a forum built for athlete voice, fairness and authenticity.
Learn more: https://t.co/haeLRUS8zQ

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

In response to the president’s White House roundtable on the future of college athletics, Jaden didn’t hold back. “These choices directly impact our careers, education, and health, so our voices should be part of the conversation.”
When decisions shape athletes’ futures, athletes deserve a seat at the table.

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Angelina Vasquez calls out the exclusion of athletes from the president’s White House roundtable on college sports.
“If a decision affects our bodies, our scholarships, our eligibility, or our livelihoods, athletes should have a voice in the room from the start, not after the fact.”

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Tyrell adds, “We are the ones putting it all on the field every Saturday, so there’s no reason we should have no say.”
As leaders meet without them, athletes are making it clear: if it affects us, we should have a voice.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

The White House is hosting a summit about college athletes—without college athletes.

They fill stadiums, put their bodies on the line, and generate billions of dollars in revenue for others.

College athletes are at the very center of college sports. Their voices need to be at the center of any policy discussions about its future.

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

But in what other industry do people think it’s ok to unilaterally put those restrictions and limits on labor, such that they’d even ask for those things?

Probably none.

College athletes shouldn’t be treated differently than other people when it comes to this.

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Khalil speaks out in response to the president’s White House roundtable on college athletics—and the fact that athletes were left out.
“Ever since I was a little kid I dreamed about making it to the Division I level to play the sport I love. It is unfair and unfaithful to hold a discussion without the main attraction in mind. We want college sports to thrive just like everyone else in the room.”

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

Are you at AFCA in Charlotte today? Stop by at 2:30 to hear @bcope51 discuss collective bargaining!