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Entertainment & Sports,
Labor/Employment

Mar. 23, 2023

Are college athletes employees?

What the newest round of federal court hearings means for student-athletes’ employment status and their colleges.

Frank N. Darras

Founding Partner
DarrasLaw

Email: frank@darraslaw.com

Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA

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For decades, college athletes were shut out and received no compensation under the guidelines of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). While schools and conferences did business as usual, generating billions of dollars over the years through broadcasting, ticket sales, and merchandising rights of college sports. Meanwhile, many college athletes spent grueling hours training, playing, and traveling on behalf of their schools and conferences, that they co...

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