If schools are required to treat the athletes in those 2 sports as "employees," then it will open the door for people to eventually ask questions about the other sports. At some point in the future someone will ask a question that is based on Title IX especially if the endgame is for schools to treat all student-athletes as employees. Since that endgame can't be obtained right away, like with a lot of things in this world (i.e. the evolution of the Civil Rights amendments in this country and other similar laws/policies over the years), it has to be achieved in steps or phases. This just happens to be the first step in the process.

Whether college athletes are employees is not something expressly covered by the NLRA. It's a political issue that should be decided by Congress. Congress is responsible for making laws, not non-elected bureaucrats.

Entities. I am curious about this from an ND prospective. Could be a way for them to make an end around run to public universities.

Will be interesting to see how this case plays out as it could impact the rest of the country and the sport.

football and basketball players would be considered employees who could unionize.

sports too. Potentially that could be a bigger deal to everyone than allowing football and basketball players to unionize.

slowly crumble.