The following article is important because it could answer the question of whether a collegiate athlete is an employee . Most NCAA and collegiate administrators I speak to adamantly oppose the notion of recognizing athletes as employees but lost their bid to have this case dropped. One interesting paragraph in the full story is the court's refusal to accept the term "student-athlete" used by both the plaintiff and defendant. The court claimed that term is an "NCAA marketing initiative".
USA Today, Steve Berkowitz
A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to rule out the possibility of college athletes being considered employees of their schools under minimum-wage law, as the NCAA had requested, but a three-judge panel sent the case back to a lower court for further consideration of the issue.
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USA Today, Steve Berkowitz
A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to rule out the possibility of college athletes being considered employees of their schools under minimum-wage law, as the NCAA had requested, but a three-judge panel sent the case back to a lower court for further consideration of the issue.
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