Uh oh NCAA....

 

The College Athletes Players Association (CAPA), which has been led by Northwestern's Kain Colter, won its case at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday, which means that Northwestern football players are seen as employees rather than student-athletes, and that they can form a union.

 

NLRB rules in favor of College Athletes Players Association - CBSSports.com

Rutt Ro Raggy...that big sucking sound is the collective rear ends of the University Presidents puckering up.

:popcorn:

The problem with athletes trying to be recognized as employees is that their scholarships will be taxed once recognized. Hopefully they can get more stipend, but once you classify them as employees, that opens a whole can of worms.

Also I do think they deserve a union whether recognized as an employee or not.

This does not burst the NCAA dam. But puts a good crack in it.

Not a smart move by the players.

The problem with athletes trying to be recognized as employees is that their scholarships will be taxed once recognized. Hopefully they can get more stipend, but once you classify them as employees, that opens a whole can of worms.

 

Something that I didn't even think about. There's going to be a huge snowball affect of all kinds of random things popping up from this over the years. Could get really crazy.

Yeah we got trouble... we got trouble right here in River City...

Not a smart move by the players.

 

Why not?

Why not?

 

It remains to be seen. The end of amateurism doesn't automatically mean the birth of a collegiate professionalism.

 

There two extreme ends here. On one end of the spectrum: collegiate athletes everywhere being paid for their services to the school. On the other end: the end of college sports scholarships for most universities.

 

Something will happen somewhere in the middle and it's hard to predict what that might look like.

 

One consequence has already been mentioned. If they're now employees, do their scholarships get taxed as income?

 

Lots of time and lots of unforeseen consequences to come for everyone.

It remains to be seen. The end of amateurism doesn't automatically mean the birth of a collegiate professionalism.

 

There two extreme ends here. On one end of the spectrum: collegiate athletes everywhere being paid for their services to the school. On the other end: the end of college sports scholarships for most universities.

 

Something will happen somewhere in the middle and it's hard to predict what that might look like.

 

One consequence has already been mentioned. If they're now employees, do their scholarships get taxed as income?

 

Lots of time and lots of unforeseen consequences to come for everyone.

 

I'd never considered some of these things. Interesting.

I'd never considered some of these things. Interesting.

 

It's going to be strange.

 

Title IX is going to be a big part of this as well. Let's say universities are now bound to treat college athletes as employees in some way. Does Title IX cease to apply in certain cases? Are they still bound by Title IX for spending? Are universities now bound by EEOC regulations for athletes?

 

This is going to be messy and anyone who tells you they know how it's going to end is kidding themselves.

It's going to be strange.

 

Title IX is going to be a big part of this as well. Let's say universities are now bound to treat college athletes as employees in some way. Does Title IX cease to apply in certain cases? Are they still bound by Title IX for spending? Are universities now bound by EEOC regulations for athletes?

 

This is going to be messy and anyone who tells you they know how it's going to end is kidding themselves.

 

The Title IX stuff I have heard discussed & it will be interesting to see how that plays out should these kids become employees.

 

Your word "messy" seems to be an appropriate one.

CHICAGO -- In a stunning ruling that could revolutionize college sports, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.

The decision by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board means it agrees football players at the Big Ten school qualify as employees under federal law and therefore can legally unionize.

 

 

 

 

A federal agency has given football players at Northwestern University the green light to unionize | FOX Sports on MSN