Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, NCAA, Football, intercollegiate athletics, Student athletes, Northwestern University, Employees,
Subjects
National Collegiate Athletic Association; Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.); College sports; College athletes; Employees; Wages
Introduction
For the first time an official body uttered words that did damage to the term “student athlete.” About a week ago a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board defined a football player as an employee of a university. Football players, it concluded, are not primarily students.
Publication Date
4-6-2014
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "NW Case" (2014). On Sport and Society. 29.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/29
Included in
Cultural History Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Other History Commons, Sports Management Commons, Sports Studies Commons