NLRB Won't Bar College-Athlete Unions, But Prospects Dim

By Ben James ( August 17, 2015, 7:43 PM EDT) -- While the National Labor Relations Board said Monday it's game over for a drive to unionize Northwestern University football players, it punted on the question of whether the athletes qualified as union-eligible employees. Although the decision didn't preclude student-athlete unionization, it suggested such an organizing push might be a legal Hail Mary, lawyers say....

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