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Trevor Lawrence is the leader college football needs

By Jeff Benedict

CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA - JUNE 13: Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence addresses the media before the "March for Change" protest at Bowman Field on June 13, 2020 in Clemson, South Carolina. The protests were in response to the death of George Floyd, an African American, while in the custody of the Minneapolis police. Protests calling for an end to police brutality have spread across cities in the U.S., and in other parts of the world. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA - JUNE 13: Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence addresses the media before the "March for Change" protest at Bowman Field on June 13, 2020 in Clemson, South Carolina. The protests were in response to the death of George Floyd, an African American, while in the custody of the Minneapolis police. Protests calling for an end to police brutality have spread across cities in the U.S., and in other parts of the world. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /
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Trevor Lawrence is the leader college football has yearned for over the last six decades.

Over the last 24 hours, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has used his voice to beg and plead with the college football powers to let the young men, that they claim to represent, play football in 2020.

He has emerged as a calm, intelligent voice and leader that college football players have needed for decades.

With all that has happened over the last eight months, one positive that has come from this year is that college athletes are finally realizing that they have a voice and while some may question that voice, no one should deny that they have a right to speak.

For most of the last decade, August 1st usually meant that Clemson football players publicly signed off social media in order to concentrate on their upcoming season.

Not this year.

Most Clemson players have taken to twitter to beg and plead with the old men and women paid to lead them to #LetThemPlay.

Among the wise words spoken by Trevor Lawrence over the last 24 hours:

"People are at just as much, if not more risk, if we don’t play. Players will all be sent home to their own communities where social distancing is highly unlikely and medical care and expenses will be placed on the families if they were to contract covid19. Not to mention the players coming from situations that are not good for them/ their future and having to go back to that. Football is a safe haven for so many people. We are more likely to get the virus in everyday life than playing football. Having a season also incentivizes – Players being safe and taking all of the right precautions to try to avoid contracting covid because the season/ teammates safety is on the line. Without the season, as we’ve seen already, people will not social distance or wear masks and take the proper precautions."

People normally associate intelligence with age, but Trevor Lawrence and his Clemson teammates are showing you that age is nothing but a number and that they are intelligent enough to decide for themselves how to move forward safely and effectively.

Calling these young men wise and intelligent doesn’t seem to do them justice at the moment.

For most of the last two months, Trevor Lawrence along with players like Darien Rencher and Mike Jones Jr. have used their platform to educate and empower those in their communities and it’s time that people in charge of college football listen to them as they seem to be the only ones at the moment using their brains.

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While their words are more than likely falling on deaf ears, using their platforms in the manner that they just shows what type of young men that they are and the leaders that are developing into. Hopefully, someone that can do something to help them will take notice before it’s too late.

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