(Originally published by the Daily Journal on February 29, 2024)

This February, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Boston Regional Director sent ripples through the collegiate sports world when she held that Dartmouth’s basketball players were “employees” within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), thus entitling the players to petition the NLRB to be represented by a union. In so doing, the regional director tapped into two developments which have been unfolding during the past decade or so.

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