While our strategy is shifting, we will continue to advocate for just compensation, adequate health coverage, and safe working conditions for varsity athletes at Dartmouth. Collective bargaining is the only viable pathway to address issues in college athletics today.
The Dartmouth players petitioned the NLRB in 2023 to unionize, claiming the New Hampshire school exercised so much control over their schedules and working conditions that they met the legal definition of employees.
Athletes in the Ivy League are not employees. They are students whose educational program includes athletics, adding to the complexity of the unionization efforts.
A college athletes union would be unprecedented in American sports. Previous attempts have failed, highlighting the difficulties faced by athletes seeking recognition as employees.
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