College Football Player Unions

Ruling by the NLRB says student-athletes are actually employees of the school and have a right to unionize. I wonder if that means High School Football Players now fall under child labor laws.

https://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10677763/northwestern-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize

I imagine some colleges will drop athletics altogether. Good. Put more focus on education.

This can become a very complicated case

1) Going forward will these players be scholar athletes or employees?
2) If considered employees how long will they be allowed to play at a school?
3) If considered employees will interest wane (and in turn tv viewership & ticket prices) as basketball and football will be considered minor leagues?
4) Will the golf team and other minor sports sue for the same rights?
5) With all this aggravation & increased costs will the mid major conferences drop down to division 2 & 3 which has fewer scholarships and aid.? Will they also drop many of the minor sports?
6) Will the lower tier teams in the SEC, Big 10 etc also drop down to Division 2?
7) Since this decision only affects private colleges, this will place those schools at a cost disadvantage, more incentive to drop down
8) It won't be long before the players at the public universities want in

Expect years of legal haggling

Will be good to get these corrupt companies away from our university campuses.

Penn State, University of Miami, University of Cincinnatti, Oklahoma, Arizona State, Auburn, USC, University of Washington, Southern Methodist, Florida, Texas A&M, Witchita State all embarassed themselves forever by tossing all standards to the winds in pursuit of sports championships.

Not to mention providing Obamacare compliant insurance.

I don't get it. What exactly are the unionized student/players going to be bargaining for? I thought "they" weren't allowed to receive any type of monetary compensation for playing and schools got in trouble when it was found out any students accepted dough from boosters. I know the football payers at my school got extra "laundry money from boosters and that was a way to circumvent the rules but I went to a small school 25 yrs ago.

Do student athletes actually get paid in some way today? I admit I know hardly anything whatsoever about college sports, don't follow 'em hardly at all except for WVU.

The original deal - colleges get to make money off of ticket sales - student-athletes get a free education - was somewhat fair. Not any more. Now colleges, television networks, and other private companies are making billions, and the athletes get none of it.

Nike bribes colleges and coaches, and then athletes bodies are transformed into uncompensated shoe advertisements. The NCAA even thinks it has the right to market the likeness of Bill Russell in video games or wherever they choose, for perpetuity, without compensating him one penny.

As for the college administrators and coaches who whine about the sanctity of amateurism, let them first go amateur themselves, work for free and return their millions. Until then, they have nothing of value to say on the subject.

Hmmm? Does a scholarship (especially to a private university) which includes tuition, room and board, and books, have no value?

Example: Notre Dame Tuition and Fees

As usual Forkie can never directly answer a question. Of course Division 1A college football is very big business. To suggest the players are receiving nothing in return is truly insincere and disingenuous on his behalf.