Falcons star Kyle Pitts Sr predicts CFB players will unionize, says pro players returning to school is 'crazy'

LSU may have backed down on its quest to add professional athletes to its roster, but the conversation is still raging on.

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.

"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 COVERAGE "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.

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DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW! "I think it'll be pretty strong because the donors and the voice that they have, it's like they're getting a lot of things done and especially with, look at how NIL has transcended from the first day to now.

It's like they're getting their money's worth in terms of name, image and likeness.

So it's good to see and I just can't wait to see like how big it'll turn.

But I do think they'll have an opportunity to make it pretty well known to where the voices are heard," Pitts said.