NLRB rules that Dartmouth men’s basketball players are employees of Dartmouth
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Yeah it's about time we stop taking advantage of these poor Ivy League kids
5-13. Disgrace to Caucasians. The Purdues and Wisconsins of the world show it can be done my fellow brothERS.
So what are ramifications of union for players?
I assume this usually results in revenue share guarantees …and if no contract is reached…then strikes etc
But isn’t this going to open door that players will have to also share all the non fun stuff? Facilities upkeep, if title 9 is the law….then expense to operate female athletes, I suppose NIL is now shared potentially, all kinds of schools run in red…is that risk shared, etc
This might be more of a headache then imagined by players
I assume this usually results in revenue share guarantees …and if no contract is reached…then strikes etc
But isn’t this going to open door that players will have to also share all the non fun stuff? Facilities upkeep, if title 9 is the law….then expense to operate female athletes, I suppose NIL is now shared potentially, all kinds of schools run in red…is that risk shared, etc
This might be more of a headache then imagined by players
I certainly hope so. But I'm totally unsure as to what this really means for the game itself. NIL and transfer portal already started a mess, so this should just push us to essentially mediocrity across the board because most high-talent kids will join some semi-pro league. The NCAAT winner will be the one who plays least worst.
It's worth noting this was not the full NLRB, just a regional director who made this ruling. The Northwestern football team tried the same thing and actually got further along before it was overturned. This isn't a final ruling my any means.
The NLRB has opinions. They aren't absolute. Going after private schools is the only thing they can do. Dartmouth should simply shut down official sports if this ruling withstands judicial review.
This next step is to have an election and if a majority of the players don't vote the union in that's the end of it.
Can most schools athletic programs even survive if required to treat them as employees? An overwhelming majority already run at a deficit.
Allows them to strike so they can refuse to play games. Now wouldn't that be a hoot.
It's bad enough they pay hundreds of thousands for a woke, China-bought, trash education.
Ridiculous. This will never come to fruition.
But just for fun, can you imagine! If the men's basketball team are deemed employees, that means every athlete at every school is an employee. In all revenue-producing sports.
Seriously, this has no legs whatsoever.
But just for fun, can you imagine! If the men's basketball team are deemed employees, that means every athlete at every school is an employee. In all revenue-producing sports.
Seriously, this has no legs whatsoever.
If treating athletes as employees becomes a reality at some point, it will crush some schools. If you just look at UK, they have about 700 student athletes. Let's say those athletes are required to be at team activities for 30 hours per week between practice and strength and conditioning. Lets also say that each athlete has a 4 month season. If they even made just $15.00/hour, that would be $5.3 million for payroll. That kind of price tag will bankrupt a lot of athletic departments and certain sports, especially olympic sports that will just be cut left and right.
Long, long ago I was an accountant for a while and did some workers comp auditing. When somebody does work for any entity and gets compensated then they are either an independent contractor or an employee. To determine which they are you must look at how independent they are when doing the work. If they get told
exactly how to do the work, when to be at work, and where to be at certain times...they are an employee, not an independent contractor. So for an athlete at college to not be an employee, then they must receive no compensation. Last I heard Ivy league schools don't give athletic scholarships; if that's still the case then they must get other compensation to be an employee(employees that receive no compensation are called slaves).
exactly how to do the work, when to be at work, and where to be at certain times...they are an employee, not an independent contractor. So for an athlete at college to not be an employee, then they must receive no compensation. Last I heard Ivy league schools don't give athletic scholarships; if that's still the case then they must get other compensation to be an employee(employees that receive no compensation are called slaves).
I imagine in this scenario you'd see a LOT of athletic programs cutting all non-revenue sports. Some women's sports would hang on due to Title IX but it would be the bare minimum.
This might destroy college baseball.
