N.L.R.B. Lawyer Sees Some College Football Players as Employ

[smupony94]

Stallion:

Why is this for private universities and not publics?


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/s ... H1&PC=APPL

[ericdickerson4life]

On top of that. Does that mean you can fire a football player for actions that you could fire any other university employee? What about job performance issues?

[Stallion]

Sounds like the NLRB declined to exert jurisdiction based on this Memo so it wouldn't appear to be binding precedent

"The memo was revealed more than a year and a half after the N.L.R.B. in Washington declined to exert jurisdiction over the Northwestern football team’s union petition, which effectively denied players the right to unionize and collectively bargain. Griffin’s memo does not affect that ruling. It does not give players at private universities the right to collectively bargain, nor does it carry the force of law like a full board finding, muting its impact. Supporters of athletes’ rights called it a clear signal that the question of whether college football players are employees remains unsettled."