NLRB GOES LONG: Regional Director Finds NU Football Scholarship Athletes Are Employees

Earlier today the Regional Director (“RD”) for Region 13 of the NLRB found that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are employees under the NLRA and thus have the right to unionize.  As a result, the RD directed that an election be held to determine whether they wished to be represented by the College Athletes Players Association (“CAPA”).  This is a groundbreaking decision that no doubt will be litigated for some time to come.

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