Board: Northwestern Players Can Unionize

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Northwestern University fought the petition by saying its players are students and not employees.
But the board's decision indicates that there was enough evidence presented that the athletes are employees of the university -- getting paid in the form of scholarships, working between 20 and 50 hours per week and generating millions of dollars for their institutions.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/us/northwestern-football-union/index.html

change is on the horizon.

 
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