Abstract

Fans of college sports readily recognize the four letters “NCAA” as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, an organization of colleges and universities across the United States that sets the rules for college athletics. These fans are soon to become familiar with a slightly different set of four letters: NLRB. The NLRB recently announced its decision to move forward against the NCAA, the PAC‐12 college athletic conference, and the University for Southern California (USC) to assert that they have violated federal labor law for failing to recognize USC student‐athletes as employees. The move is the next step in an initiative, announced by NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo in September 2021, advocating for a finding that such students be considered as employees.

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