According to the National Labor Relations Board, scholarship football players at private, FBS colleges and universities are employees of those schools. READ MORE
College Football Players are Employees, National Labor Relations Board Says
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NLRB Turns Its Back on Northwestern
The NLRB turned away Northwestern football players in their bid to form a union, by refusing to rule on their bid to form a union. READ MORE
NLRB Reverses Field: Northwestern Athletes Cannot Unionize
In a dramatic turn of events, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has unanimously decided that Student-Athletes at Northwestern University do not have the right to organize themselves and form a union. This decision overturns an opinion issued by the NLRB last year that athletes at Northwestern (and, presumably, at other private institutions of higher […] READ MORE
