Did you hear the news? The members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team have been deemed employees of the school and voted to unionize under federal labor law. How could you miss it? The crush of media reports has...more
4/2/2024
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Collective Bargaining ,
College Athletes ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
NLRB ,
Unions
In the beginning of the name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) era in college sports, state laws, NCAA regulations, boosters, and collectives have been the prime focus for both observers and NIL stakeholders, with seven-figure NIL...more
“Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.” This quote (attributed to Brazilian author Paulo Cuelho) comes to mind with last month’s filing of yet another...more
11/8/2017
/ College Athletes ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
Non-Employees ,
School Sports ,
Student Athletes ,
Universities ,
Wage and Hour
Bong … Bong … Bong … that is the death knell you thought you heard following the decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (covering Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin) in Berger v. NCAA earlier this month. After that...more
If college athletes are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), then why not under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)? That proposition predictably follows from the recent determination by the Chicago...more