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Trump Executive Order Aims to Preserve Amateurism in College Sports

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On July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled, "Saving College Sports," aimed at preserving athletic opportunities and preventing college athletes from being classified as professional employees....more

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Making Sense of the Dartmouth Decision | Part 2

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Having introduced the cast and set the scene in part 1 of this 3-part series, we turn now to the details. But before doing so, let’s get one thing out of the way – you likely won’t have unionized players on campus...more

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NLRB Rules That Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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On February 5, the regional director for Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) ruled that the student-athletes on Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball team are “employees” under the National Labor...more

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U.S. Senate Committee Hears Testimony About the Need for Uniform NIL Regulation That Would Exempt Student-Athletes From Federal...

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On October 17, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from witnesses about the need for reform in college athletics, including the possibility of establishing a national standard for regulating Name, Image, and...more

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The Saga Continues: Are Student Athletes Employees?

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This question, once settled, has seen increased scrutiny in recent years both from the National Labor Relations Board and courts that have considered the issue.2 One of those courts – the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which...more

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College Athletes as Employees

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Spring 2014 saw the first ever attempt to form a union among Division I college athletes, specifically the football team at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The National Labor Relation Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”)...more

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Will the Star Quarterback Be Sacked by the Taxman?

On March 26, 2014, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided scholarship football players at Northwestern University are employees because they “perform services for the benefit of the employer...more

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NLRB to Decide Whether Northwestern’s Scholarship Football Players Are Students or Employees

Late yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, D.C. granted the request for review (i.e., an appeal) filed by Northwestern University in the much-watched case involving the status of Northwestern’s...more

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Student-Athletes: Are They Employees?

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Digging Deeper into the History of the NLRB’s Decision and Northwestern’s Appeal - This case started when the “College Athletes Players Association” (“CAPA”) was formed as a union created to represent the Northwestern...more

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