ALJAZEERA: In a ruling that could bring massive changes to college athletics, a federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation’s first college athletes’ union.
The decision by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board means that the agency agrees football players at the Big Ten school qualify as employees under federal law, and therefore can legally unionize…
Outgoing Wildcats quarterback Kain Colter took a leading role in establishing the College Athletes Players Association, or CAPA, which would be involved in organizing the players… (more)
