It had been awhile. Since April of 2014 to be exact. But Monday, for the first time since cameramen gathered outside of Ryan Field early on a Friday morning to sneak peaks at Northwestern players as they arrived to cast what at the time was an historic vote on whether to unionize, Northwestern was once again at the forefront of a major national story.
The NLRB National Board of Directors "declined to assert jurisdiction" on Northwestern players' movement to unionize, and in doing so dismissed the petition. Here's a roundup of some of the best analysis of the decision:
- First of all, you can go to the primary source if you'd like.