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DOJ investigation could be a catalyst for an Overwatch League players union

Nov 3, 2021 Ethan Borrasso

On July 3rd, 2021, reports surfaced that the Department of Justice’s antitrust division was investigating the Overwatch League, a groundbreaking professional E-sports league based on Activision Blizzard’s hugely successful Overwatch game. The probe hinges on the league’s salary cap, which likely violates the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act. Traditional sports, such as the NFL and NBA, […]

NLRB General Counsel on Players at Academic Institutions

Sep 29, 2021 Benjamin Sachs

As Fred reported earlier this morning, Board GC Abruzzo has released a memo in which she states her position that “the scholarship football players at issue in Northwestern University, and similarly situated Players at Academic Institutions, are employees under the Act.” This is yet another huge development in U.S. labor law, and one with obviously […]

The Strike Zone—College Athlete Right to Organize Act

May 31, 2021 Alex Blutman

Congressional Democrats have pushed forward another front in the movement to reshape college athletics. A bill introduced on May 27 would make college athletes employees of their respective schools with the right to form unions and bargain collectively. The collegiate athletic system is under attack from three sides. Several suits, most notably O’Bannon v. NCAA […]

College Athletes’ Next Play

May 2, 2016 Edward Nasser

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which brings in nearly $1 billion a year in revenue, faces increasing scrutiny of its business model in the media and in courts. Administrators, athletic directors, and coaches are handsomely paid, but players can earn no income beyond academic scholarships and stipends. Advocates argue that athletes are the economic […]

Guest Post: The N.L.R.B. and College Football

Aug 31, 2015 Julia Tomassetti

Julia Tomassetti is a Jerome Hall Fellow at the Center for Law, Society, and Culture, Maurer School of Law, University of Indiana. Last week, the NLRB declined jurisdiction over the dispute between Northwestern and its scholarship football players. Others have critiqued the decision’s moral, political, and logical failings. Most (but see Ben Levin’s post) have […]

Guest Post: N.L.R.B. Missed Shot by Declining Jurisdiction in Northwestern Football Case for "Stability"

Aug 20, 2015 Ben Levin

Ben Levin is Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Earlier this week, the NLRB declined to exercise jurisdiction in a much-publicized case involving Northwestern University Wildcats football players’ efforts to claim employee status and unionize. The reason for the Board’s decision? A concern for “stability in labor relations.” As the Board […]

N.L.R.B. Declines Jurisdiction in Northwestern Football Case

Aug 18, 2015 Jon Weinberg

Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board declined jurisdiction in a case involving scholarship football players at Northwestern University. The complete decision can be found here. The Board did not address whether scholarship college athletes are statutory employees under the National Labor Relations Act. Instead, the Board dismissed the representation petition by the College Athletes Players […]

NLRB Regional Director Rules that College Athletes are "Employees"

Mar 26, 2014 Nikolas Bowie

In what ESPN calls a potentially “game-changing” moment for college athletics, the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago has ruled that college football players who receive scholarships are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act and are therefore entitled to unionize. The decision will likely be appealed to the full Board in Washington […]

Guest Post: The Latest Developments and Implications in the Effort By Northwestern Football Players to Form a Union

Feb 26, 2014 Rebecca Livengood

Rebecca Livengood, J.D. Harvard Law School 2012, Law Clerk to the Honorable Stewart Dalzell, U.S. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. UPDATED: An earlier version of this post mistakenly referred to NCAA Bylaw 15.3.3.1 as prohibiting schools from offering athletic scholarships for longer than one year. The NCAA recently lifted this prohibition. The NLRB began holding a hearing last […]

Labor Law Meets College Football: A Union for NCAA Athletes

Jan 31, 2014 Benjamin Sachs

Football players at Northwestern University want a union, and they have now filed a petition with the NLRB requesting a union election. The petition is the latest round in a long-running struggle between college athletes – who are paid essentially only with tuition – and the colleges they play for – which earn many, many […]

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DOJ investigation could be a catalyst for an Overwatch League players union

NLRB General Counsel on Players at Academic Institutions

The Strike Zone—College Athlete Right to Organize Act

College Athletes’ Next Play

Guest Post: The N.L.R.B. and College Football

Guest Post: N.L.R.B. Missed Shot by Declining Jurisdiction in Northwestern Football Case for "Stability"

N.L.R.B. Declines Jurisdiction in Northwestern Football Case

NLRB Regional Director Rules that College Athletes are "Employees"

Guest Post: The Latest Developments and Implications in the Effort By Northwestern Football Players to Form a Union

Labor Law Meets College Football: A Union for NCAA Athletes