NCAA football, 2013-14

[Valmy]

Seems shitty to kick the dude out if that's all it was.

I know.  Usually when a football player is involved with rape they give him the Heisman.  Ok I kid...mostly.

[grumbler]

He's the one with the mustache tattoo on his finger, right?

Yep.  A funny guy unless he gets his dander up, but then he kinda goes apeshit and does or says dumb stuff.  He's never been charged with anything, but he's been down to the police station a number of times to talk to them.

[sbr]

From Twitter:

"@sganim: Breaking in college sports: Northwestern football players have won the right to unionize. The school says it plans to appeal."

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10677763/northwestern-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize

CHICAGO -- Northwestern Wildcats football players and the College Athletes Players Association on Wednesday won their petition through the National Labor Relations Board to form a union and bargain for benefits.

As a result, Northwestern players will hold a vote on whether to unionize, a decision that will clearly impact college football and college sports generally. Northwestern said in a statement that it will appeal the decision.

"While we respect the NLRB process and the regional director's opinion, we disagree with it. Northwestern believes strongly that our student-athletes are not employees, but students," the university's statement read. "Unionization and collective bargaining are not the appropriate methods to address the concerns raised by student-athletes."

[sbr]

http://tracking.si.com/2014/03/26/northwestern-nlrb-employees-capa-college-football-ncaaf/

Northwestern University athletes won their case before the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday and were ruled to be employees eligible to form a union.


The win on March 26 effectively gives the student-athletes collective bargaining rights.  The school said on Wednesday afternoon that a statement from the school will come soon, according to a tweet from NCAA reporter Allie Grasgreen, but that the university will in fact appeal. The official ruling between Northwestern Univerisity — the employer — and CAPA — the petitioner — can be found here.

The ruling affects only students at private universities. State university college athletes who want to unionize must appeal to their state's labor board. The five points attorneys for CAPA argued for why NU athletes should be considered employees are as follows, according to Chris Johnson of Sports Illustrated:

Football players at Northwestern are compensated for a service (i.e. football) with athletics-based grants-in-aid, or scholarships; they have supervisors (i.e. coaches) who control their schedules and monitor what they say on social media; they must abide by certain rules and regulations, and are held to different standards than other students; they can have their compensation taken away (i.e. have their scholarship revoked) for violating those rules and lose their jobs (i.e. their spots in the lineup) if they skip practices or games; and they have a contract (i.e. an athletic tender agreement) that stipulates what they must do to maintain their scholarship.
CAPA had been looking for "guaranteed coverage for injuries during sanctioned competition," according to Johnson, as well as a "trust fund" to subsidize former players who want to continue their education.  It had also lobbied for less contact during scrimmages and practices in addition to concussion experts on the sidelines during games who are not in any way affiliated with the school.

NU quarterback Kain Colter tweeted his excitement following the breaking news, saying he's proud of his teammates and considers it a "huge win for all college athletes."

[dps]

http://tracking.si.com/2014/03/26/northwestern-nlrb-employees-capa-college-football-ncaaf/

Northwestern University athletes won their case before the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday and were ruled to be employees eligible to form a union.


The win on March 26 effectively gives the student-athletes collective bargaining rights.  The school said on Wednesday afternoon that a statement from the school will come soon, according to a tweet from NCAA reporter Allie Grasgreen, but that the university will in fact appeal. The official ruling between Northwestern Univerisity — the employer — and CAPA — the petitioner — can be found here.

The ruling affects only students at private universities. State university college athletes who want to unionize must appeal to their state’s labor board. The five points attorneys for CAPA argued for why NU athletes should be considered employees are as follows, according to Chris Johnson of Sports Illustrated:

Football players at Northwestern are compensated for a service (i.e. football) with athletics-based grants-in-aid, or scholarships; they have supervisors (i.e. coaches) who control their schedules and monitor what they say on social media; they must abide by certain rules and regulations, and are held to different standards than other students; they can have their compensation taken away (i.e. have their scholarship revoked) for violating those rules and lose their jobs (i.e. their spots in the lineup) if they skip practices or games; and they have a contract (i.e. an athletic tender agreement) that stipulates what they must do to maintain their scholarship.
CAPA had been looking for “guaranteed coverage for injuries during sanctioned competition,” according to Johnson, as well as a “trust fund” to subsidize former players who want to continue their education.  It had also lobbied for less contact during scrimmages and practices in addition to concussion experts on the sidelines during games who are not in any way affiliated with the school.

NU quarterback Kain Colter tweeted his excitement following the breaking news, saying he’s proud of his teammates and considers it a “huge win for all college athletes.”

Yeah, if you're an employee, then your scholarship's probably gonna be considered a taxable benefit.  Have fun dealing with the IRS, chump.

[grumbler]

Anybody hear about that case where a NLRB arbiter decided that scholarship football players at Northwestern University are employees and have a right to form a union?  Interesting stuff.

[MadImmortalMan]

Anybody hear that Vernon Davis is going to go public with an IPO?