Amateurism in college sports isn’t dead yet, but on Monday, it took one of its most substantial steps toward the grave. A regional director for the National Labor Relations Board, which regulars private-sector labor disputes, ruled that Dartmouth University men’s basketball players are school employees and will hold a union election. The vote could come as soon as the next two or three weeks, the board’s press secretary, Kayla Blado, told me. No group of college athletes has ever been closer to formalizing the reality that instead of just playing for their school, they work for it.
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