Ep. 97: The Case for College Athletes as Unionized Employees. With Jennifer Abruzzo, former NLRB General Counsel

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Send us Fan Mail On this episode, I'm joined by the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo. Jennifer discusses:1) Why she thinks college athletes should be unionized employees who engage in collective bargaining2) Why collective bargaining help, not hurt, college athletics as a whole3) How and why conferences should collectively bargain with college athletes4) Why she wasn't surprised to be fired by President Trump, and 5) Her perspective on the now-paused SCORE Act and President Trump's executive order on college sports.Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .

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Send us Fan Mail On this episode, I'm joined by the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo. Jennifer discusses: 1) Why she thinks college athletes should be unionized employees who engage in collective bargaining 2) Why collective bargaining help, not hurt, college athletics as a whole 3) How and why conferences should collectively bargain with college athletes 4) Why she wasn't surprised to be fired by President Trump, and 5) Her perspective on ...

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