Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Unionize

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This strikes me as one of the most likely places in the country that would simply abandon sports if it came to that. It is also a place that is highly unlikely the program brings in more money than it spends. They have to know this.
 

They have not legally established that they are employees of Dartmouth.

I would think that would be necessary first, before then attempting to be represented by an Employees Union???

Does the law not matter?


Someone make them test it in court.
 


All seniors guranteed to play at least 10 minutes a game?

And get at least five shots per game?

Strange world we live in.......
 


some context: from ESPN and CBS News:

Hours after the vote, Dartmouth administrators filed a formal appeal to the unionizing effort, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB will review Dartmouth's reason for the appeal and issue a decision later, a spokeswoman for the agency said Tuesday.

The Dartmouth vote comes roughly a month after the NLRB decided that the basketball players are technically employees of the college. That decision may serve as the kindling other college basketball players need to unionize their teams.

The NLRB's definition of employment requires only that an employer has the right to control an individual's work and that the work is done in exchange for some form of compensation.

In the Dartmouth case, regional director Laura Sacks decided the players are employees even though they don't receive athletic scholarships or generate large profits like some other basketball programs because of the strict control that coaches and athletic department officials have over the players' time and conduct. Sacks ruled that the free apparel, tickets and other support that they receive, which nonathletes at Dartmouth don't, qualified as their compensation.

The NLRB's decision in the Dartmouth case creates precedent that could apply to all college athletes at private universities. The federal agency does not have jurisdiction over employment issues at government institutions, which would include athletes at public schools.

However, the NLRB's regional office in Los Angeles is in the process of reviewing a case that could open the door for all college athletes to unionize. In that case, the petitioner argues that athletes at USC are jointly employed by their school, their conference and the NCAA. Because college conferences and the NCAA are private institutions, a ruling in that case could open the door for all athletes to collectively bargain with the association or their conference.


(note - one of the Dartmouth players leading the effort is Cade Haskins from Minneapolis - played at De La Salle.)
 
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HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving said:
I just checked, 9 of the the players have at least one parent who is an attorney.
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Shocking.

I am hot on my predictions. At least a couple players will end up representing union busting companies at some point in the future-for the right price.
 




Holy Shit!! Scholarships, NIL, what more do they want!! BRUTAL!!!! WOKE CULTURE!!!!
 







Go4 said:
ivy not on scholarships, and union (as dumb as it is) has nothing to do with WOKE CULTURE!!!!!
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These kids think they are employees and need to get paid and have the benefits of the schools workers. How about the Scholarships, or read below the financial aide//programs that they recieve for being a good basketball player. How about the education that they will receive because of their ability to play basketball?? Fore sure it is a WOKE Culture attitude. These kids are getting everything handed to them and they want more? These kids don't even know what Union's are about.

"Instead, they offer some of the strongest need-based financial aid programs in the world. For instance, all of the Ivy League schools are committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated need for prospective students.Sep 19, 2023"

They get their school, room and board, books free because they play basketball!!
 

short ornery norwegian said:
The Dartmouth vote comes roughly a month after the NLRB decided that the basketball players are technically employees of the college. That decision may serve as the kindling other college basketball players need to unionize their teams.

The NLRB's definition of employment requires only that an employer has the right to control an individual's work and that the work is done in exchange for some form of compensation.
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Bulls__t.

If you aren't getting tax documents from them regarding said compensation, then you aren't employed.

NLRB only cares about signing as many people as possible up for unions. Take them to court.
 


^^ NLRB director should be fired for such a terrible, unlawful overreach.

Obviously their internal appeal is going to find that they did nothing wrong :rolleyes: Take them to court!!
 

TD12 said:
These kids think they are employees and need to get paid and have the benefits of the schools workers. How about the Scholarships, or read below the financial aide//programs that they recieve for being a good basketball player. How about the education that they will receive because of their ability to play basketball?? Fore sure it is a WOKE Culture attitude. These kids are getting everything handed to them and they want more? These kids don't even know what Union's are about.

"Instead, they offer some of the strongest need-based financial aid programs in the world. For instance, all of the Ivy League schools are committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated need for prospective students.Sep 19, 2023"

They get their school, room and board, books free because they play basketball!!
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There is nothing WOKE about letting the market dictate their worth. People need to stop using WOKE for all things they don't like.

The school believes it is worth it to them to give them a scholarship (not these particular kids because they go to an Ivy League school). The schools believe it is worth it to them to offer them an education.

I'll tell you what is WOKE, having a system where Big Brother gets to determine exactly how much you are worth. It's books and a cot because TD12 thinks so?
 


There was a rather interesting discussion on this topic on the Tony Kornheiser Show podcast with noted attorney, Abbe Lowell.

Starts around the 14 minute mark in the "Stinksuswim" episode.

www.tonykornheisershow.com

Past Episodes — TK

www.tonykornheisershow.com www.tonykornheisershow.com
 

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