Significant NLRB Move Will Aid Pursuit of College Athletes Becoming Employees

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The National Labor Relations Board’s Los Angeles Region plans to pursue unfair labor practice charges against USC, the Pac-12 and the NCAA as single and joint employers of FBS football players and Division I men’s and women’s basketball players. Tap below to read the article by Ross Dellenger for Sports Illustrated.

NLRB Move to Aid Pursuit of College Athletes as Employees

In an interview last January, ESPN lead football analyst Kirk Herbstreit made a proclamation: You might as well make college athletes employees. “I say we’re on a path to unionization,” he said on the “Pardon My Take” podcast. “That’s where we’re headed.”