It is not easy to set aside many years of tradition and begin thinking of athletes as employees. But, for Division 1 schools, the day may have arrived. In October 2021, we issued an Alert in which we explained that the NLRB’s...more
On September 29, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC-21-08, in which she explained her position that the NLRB will consider many scholarship athletes to be “employees” under the National Labor Relations...more