(Bloomberg) -- Northwestern University football players cannotform a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled,overturning a March 2014 decision andending the players’ bid to change the college sports landscape.
In its unanimous decision, the labor board skirted the issue ofwhether the players are employees and left open the door to othercollege athletes winning the right to unionize.
The board cited the unique nature of college sports in saying itwould foster instability to permit Northwestern football players toform a union while players elsewhere in the National CollegiateAthletic Association are not.
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