Recently, the first real steps were taken for college student-athletes to be represented by a labor union. Paperwork was filed with local and national labor boards on behalf several football players at Northwestern University. The players are represented by the National College Players Association which says it is trying to improve playing conditions and treatment of student-athletes by the NCAA. Joining us to discuss the issue are Richard Southall, director of the College Sports Research Institute and Jeffrey Michael Hirsch, a professor of the UNC School of Law who specializing in labor laws and union organizing.
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