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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Work Hard, Play Hard: Third Circuit Establishes Test for Analyzing Employee Status of NCAA College Athletes Under FLSA

The landscape of college sports is undergoing rapid transition, driven by significant changes such as the advent and growth of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights for college athletes and the House v. NCAA proposed...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2024

Welcome to the sixth issue of The Academic Advisor – our e-newsletter focused on education law insights. For this mid-summer edition, we take a deeper look at the newest developments regarding the 2024 amendments to...more

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Employment Law Update: How Will the NCAA’s Settlement With College Athletes Impact Their Employment Status?

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On May 23, 2024, the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences announced a $2.8 billion settlement that was reached in several antitrust class action lawsuits concerning payment for college athletes. The settlement marked a watershed...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

2024 NCAA Compliance Report: College Athletics in Transition

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In last year’s report, we discussed House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association—the third case in a trilogy filed by current and former student-athletes who claim the NCAA, as well as the Power 5 conferences, violated...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Implications of NLRB Regional Office decision on Dartmouth basketball players

In a February 2024 decision, a National Labor Relations Board Regional Director held that Dartmouth College men’s basketball players were “employees” for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act and entitled to unionize....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Great Trick Play: The Dartmouth College Men’s Basketball Team Votes to Unionize

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Did you hear the news? The members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team have been deemed employees of the school and voted to unionize under federal labor law. How could you miss it? The crush of media reports has...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

NLRB Shoots Its Shot: Dartmouth Basketball Players Deemed Employees, Allowed to Hold Union Election

Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that student-athletes on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team are “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and directed a...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Student-Athlete? Or Student- Employee? The Crowd Grows Tepid as the NLRB Finds Dartmouth Basketball Players are Employees

On February 5, 2024, the collegiate sports world exploded as the Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Region 1 issued a decision in Trustees of Dartmouth College, finding that the players on...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Recent Congressional Hearings Signal Major NIL Changes Are Coming

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University administrators, coaches, athletes and sports management agencies should all be aware of the emerging debate in the halls of Congress concerning the status of the name, image, likeness rule (NIL) and how this...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Back to School: What You Need to Know as the NLRB Pursues Unfair Labor Practice Charges on Behalf of College Athletes

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College athletes will return to competition in a few weeks. They will also return to the courtroom. This time, it relates to the treatment of student-athletes under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). On May 18, 2023,...more

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More Madness: Catch Up With NCAA Happenings

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While there’s no denying March Madness brings the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) considerable attention, the Association has been the subject of significant press over the last year for several hot-button...more

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NLRB Punts on First Down: Declines to Exercise Jurisdiction in Northwestern University Football Players Union Representation Case

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The NLRB’s decision is limited to the facts presented by the Northwestern case, and the Board may assert jurisdiction in another case involving scholarship athletes at a later date. On August 17th, the National Labor...more

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