NLRB Targets College Athletes’ Busy Schedules in NCAA Trial (2)

Arguments by National Labor Relations Board lawyers that student athletes should be legally considered employees focused on player schedules and playing conditions in the first round of hearings before an agency judge.

Former University of Southern California football players Brandon Outlaw and Miles Kohl Hollinquest testified this week that USC program officials retained rigid control over their lives almost year-round; they also detailed the perks of being on the team, saying players received free gear, meals, university apparel, and gifts for making it to the playoffs.

NLRB attorneys will seek to use the testimony of the players during proceedings in ...