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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4063734, member: 7511"] The warning shot occurred in 2015 when the NLRB ruled against the petition to unionize by 76 Northwestern football players which was supported by the United Steelworkers. The NLRB did not rule on the merits of the case, but simply determined that the players were not governed by national labor laws. During the process there was a lot of pushback by the school against the organizing efforts by the players. Back in 2015, the effort by Northwestern football players to organize was not necessarily about getting paid. The main issue was the responsibility of colleges to continue to pay for the health care expenses for severely injured players after their eligibility was completed. While some schools do pick up these costs, there is no requirement that they do so. While the situation was somewhat different, this was the crux of the problem with Sedona Prince at TX. In her case, she incurred a severe injury prior to enrolling at TX, and then sought care from specialists not affiliated with the University when she and her family felt that TX was not providing adequate care. Fast forward to 2021. NIL makes the question murkier. The NLRB has effectively let all schools know that they will be looking very closely at how they respond to any organizing efforts by players. [/QUOTE]