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Title: Round one goes to the players... Post by: droner on March 26, 2014, 09:50:25 EDT NLRB rules that players are employees and can unionize. Appeals to follow.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/us/northwestern-football-union/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/26/us/northwestern-football-union/index.html) Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: Creek Walker on March 26, 2014, 09:56:04 EDT Germans by 13 seconds. :toothless:
Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: 73Volgrad on March 26, 2014, 09:57:17 EDT If this holds up, it will be the end of the NCAA. But it will also mean that all athletic and potentially academic scholarships could be taxed as income.
Will be fun to watch. Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: tnflower on March 26, 2014, 11:17:33 EDT I wonder what (if any) impact this will have on schools, like TN and FL where there is no state tax?
Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: Jedi Master on March 26, 2014, 11:59:49 EDT Quote Insert Quote I wonder what (if any) impact this will have on schools, like TN and FL where there is no state tax? No state income tax, but I presume federal income tax would be fair game unless the IRS creates some sort of exemption for college student-athletes. Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: volsboy on March 27, 2014, 12:34:51 EDT This will definitely get interesting. I have strong feelings fon both sides of the issue. You got to admit these athletes bring a lot of coin into these schools coffers.
Title: Re: Round one goes to the players... Post by: Creek Walker on March 27, 2014, 02:55:43 EDT The greed of major sports athletes will have negative ramifications for hundreds of other student-athletes at each and every school in America.
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