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Communication

2014

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, NCAA, Football, intercollegiate athletics, Student athletes, Northwestern University, Employees,

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Nw Case, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 2014

Nw Case, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

For the first time an official body uttered words that did damage to the term “student athlete.” About a week ago a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board defined a football player as an employee of a university. Football players, it concluded, are not primarily students.