Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 5048285, member: 504"] Depends on the school . ;-) Interesting that this started with Dartmouth. The Ivies technically don’t give athletic scholarships, wink, wink, nudge, nudge. The athletes are plain old students who happen to have been heavily recruited to become English majors. The theories that have infected “major” college sports with NIL and open ended transfers were instigated by the idea that colleges profit off these athletes and also that the transfer rules locked them in as opposed to coaches who could leave immediately for greener pastures. I am not going to bother researching, but i would be surprised if any Ivy major sport makes money for their schools. In general, I think that being classified as employees might have unwanted downsides if the typical conditions applicable to regular unionized workers are involved. Conditions that might include termination for unsatisfactory performance. How would that work for non-scholarship programs? Can you be expelled from school for unsatisfactory athletic performance? Can the institution establish stricter transfer rules than the NCAA or other governing body creates or require fixed term employment contracts like pro sports do? BTW, i generally support unions, but I have reservations about this one. [/QUOTE]