are de facto employees It’s just an opinion and applies to private schools only because of the Northwestern petition, of a few years back but if the NlRB follows through, it likely would apply to every school.

The NCAA and the power conferences are furiously trying to reach a settlement that would essentially amount to revenue sharing, with the athletes.

Collective bargaining might not be such a bad thing. Contracts would preclude individuals suing the conferences, like is prevalent currently.