A group of more than a dozen Pac-12 football players are threatening to boycott, with one of their many demands being that conference Commissioner Larry Scott, school administrators and coaches voluntarily and drastically reduce "excessive pay."
There's part of my answer
how does this help the players?
are they just trying to do the right thing for humanity?
perhaps they should demand that hollywood actors and the musical artists they listen to take a huge cut in pay - voluntarily