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A National Labor Relations Board official ruled that Northwestern football players aren't "student-athletes," but employees of the university whose efforts generate a considerable sum of money.


Wednesday's ruling likely will have zero immediate effect. Northwestern can appeal, and the ruling only affects players at private schools because the NLRB has no power over state-run institutions. Still, the ruling should serve as the tipping point for the NCAA and the leaders of the schools in the five wealthiest conferences to realize it's time to stop fighting and start bargaining.


How will this affect all college sports.  Football is the big draw that rakes in millions for the big universities.  Many may be quick to say that football players deserve to get paid, but the ramifications it will likely cause to other less popular sports will be staggering.  The NLRB determined that college football players aren't students, they are employees.  Therefore deserve compensation.  Just like the hairballs that believe apprentices should be.

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Come on, quit fooling yourself. Those guys are no more of a college student than you are. Most of these guys are run through for their talent and you know it. I have seen quite a few that cannot put a complete sentence together. I do not agree with paying them. That used to get you expelled. See what greed does to EVERYTHING?

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See, you're generalizing.  Yes, a large number are scholarships.  Either partial or full ride, but I'm guessing you are referring to Division I schools only.  In football, Division I schools are allowed only 85 scholarships.  The rest are walk ons.  Walk-ons are first required to be admitted into the university, based on high school academic achievement.  What about Division II schools.  You agree there is not nearly the TV or fan revenue.

Will only Division I schools be allowed to unionize?  How will the Trinity men's squash team do with union?  Will their pay be equitable to say Notre Dame's football squad?

What about women's sports and Title IX?

There's a lot of issues that would need to be decided.  Right now it involves only private universities.  Northwestern is the only private college in the Big Ten.  State colleges are not allowed to unionize.

All I see is a big can of worms.  All I see is the NLRB reaching here.

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I love March Madness!  Favorite sports time of year!
I personally hate pro sports!
Its so much more fun watching college athletes play so hard out of 'pure love of the sport'...
'Paying' college athletes would create a recruiting system like pro athletics causing a disadvantage for some smaller schools with lower operating budgets.  And there goes the always exciting seed upsets!!
College athletics is a stepping stone.  Recruited from high school... given exposure to potential pro teams...
How would you balance the pay scale?  Scholarships, exposure,  experience & the drive to perform simply out of love of the game... take that innocence away & it creates nothing but a semi pro competition.  IMHO

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This will be fun to watch the union ruin another institution.

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