The next potential NCAA bombshell

[tpstulane]

Players to be considered employees goes to court.

Understanding Johnson v. NCAA, the next case that could upend the college sports model

https://theathletic.com/3497617/2022/08 ... ed_article

[HoustonWave]

Players to be considered employees goes to court.

Understanding Johnson v. NCAA, the next case that could upend the college sports model

https://theathletic.com/3497617/2022/08 ... ed_article

Hopefully the courts will apply some common sense, and step back and assess the broader picture for college sports. The Greed Machine is very close to shutting down college athletics. If athletes have to be treated as employees, I suspect many schools, perhaps a majority of schools will shut down their athletic programs. Perhaps they’ll just sponsor club sports across the board—take us all the way back to where this all started.

[anEngineer]

I can envision a scenario where the courts rule that the players don't have to attend class. They essentially become minor leaguers wearing school logos.

[Wave755]

An excellent & brief Villanova Law Review article on the implications of Johnson v. NCAA and legal analysis for the court denying the motion to dismiss of the NCAA. https://www.villanovalawreview.com/post ... son-v-ncaa
And, a college football players union next? Remember, in NCAA v. Alston the S. C. was unanimous in favor of the players on NIL.

[HoustonWave]

Where’s the line? Are 18 year old high school students going to be employees because people pay to watch some high school games? Are the high schools violating child labor laws because of under-18 year old athletes? The money is much less, but the principals would seem
to be the same. Bizarre.

[Wave755]

Where’s the line? Are 18 year old high school students going to be employees because people pay to watch some high school games? Are the high schools violating child labor laws because of under-18 year old athletes? The money is much less, but the principals would seem
to be the same. Bizarre.

How the S. C. applies the Glatt v. Fox Searchlight factors to the present facts and circumstances of multi-billion dollar college football and basketball for whether athletes are “employees” will be the “ballgame” for if college athletics as we have known it for the past 100 years now comes to an end.

[wave97]

Blah!