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Munson: Total loss for player-unionization effort

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NLRB ruling a short-term victory for NCAA

Jay Bilas reacts to the National Labor Relations Board's decision to deny Northwestern players' bid to unionize and its dismissal of a petition from the College Athletes Players Association.

  • Lester Munson, Legal Analyst Close
    • Senior Writer and Legal Analyst, ESPN.com
    • 13 years as investigative reporter at Sports Illustrated
    • Adjunct Instructor, Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism

Buried on Page 23 of Northwestern University's final brief filed with the National Labor Relations Board was the idea that the nation's top labor authority should refuse to become involved in college athletics and should not even consider whether Wildcat football players could form a union.