Community Chat

[JaneMarple]

I just received a CNN news alert: "The National Labor Board in Chicago rules that football players at Northwestern University are school employees and can unionize".

[raven-blackbird]

if your efforts generate revenue for someone.....then yeah you're an employee.......although in their case it borders on slavery since they receive no monetary compensation...................................raven

[deepwaterdotter]

Hmmm ..... this should go over big with the anti-union crowd.

[just bee]

Hear that? That was the sound of a can of worms opening.

[mgm2]

GOOD!

[Luv2Decorate]

It will be interesting... The University may end up saying that their sports scholarships are income and they will be taxed, and make demands on grades 3.75 gpa or higher to keep those scholarships or they may do away with sport scholarships all together. I agree with the "can of worms" That picture is nasty

Time will tell.

[hckynut]

Will look forward to reading the agreements and contract agreements with the union and the university. Wonder if they can be kicked off the team if they under-perform?

[mgm2]

On 3/26/2014 hckynut said:

Will look forward to reading the agreements and contract agreements with the union and the university. Wonder if they can be kicked off the team if they under-perform?

Hasn't that been the norm, cutting players who don't do well?

[Lion]

Northwestern is a beautiful school. Loved it when we visited there a few years ago.

I wonder why they determined the football players were ""employees"". ?? Did they determine that athletic scholarships were a form of payment for playing football?

[mgm2]

Hi Lion,

The football team members requested to be unionized, especially light of injuries.