A few additional notes on the Dartmouth unionization case🧵. In the Northwestern case in 2015, the Regional Director held football players were employees, but the full Board declined to take the case because the NLRA only applies to private employers and most FBS schools are public. That's not an issue here because all schools in the Ivy League are private.
1) The fact that all Ivy League schools are private makes it more likely that the full NLRB will uphold the ruling because all Ivy athletes will have the ability to unionize; 2) Although collective bargaining in pro sports is b/w the players union and the entire league, the Regional Director held that it's ok for the union to represent a single team and negotiate with a single school
3) Dartmouth basketball does not generate a lot of revenue, but "the profitability of any given business does not affect the employee status of the individuals who perform work for that business."
@SportsLawGuy Great work. See you in Indianapolis?
@SportsLawGuy Hear me out. What if I treated them like regular students and charged them for everything? They receive benefits other students do not receive.
@SportsLawGuy @SportsLawLust Will this somehow work it’s way into public universities?
@SportsLawGuy So for the 4 international SAs on Dartmouth MBB, assuming no dual citizenship, are they only allowed to play home games if this goes through? Would all intls now need to be here on different visa?
@SportsLawGuy I wouldn’t pay a Dartmouth player unless they were doing my homework.
@SportsLawGuy Make going to school optional at this point. Sign to play a sport and that’s all you do. Semi pro athlete.