NLRB: College football players are employees, can unionize

The National Labor Relations Board says assemblage shot players and immoderate different athletes successful money-making sports are employees of their schools. The ruling came retired successful a memo from the board’s apical lawyer that could pb to expansive rights for players to unionize and different negociate implicit their moving conditions. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo besides threatened enactment against schools, conferences and the NCAA if they proceed to usage the word “student-athlete.” She says the word was designed to obscure the employment narration with assemblage athletes and discourage them from pursuing their rights.