After a nearly year and a half-long wait, the NLRB National Board of Directors finally ruled on Northwestern University's appeal of an NLRB Regional Director's decision that granted Northwestern players the right to unionize. The National Board declined jurisdiction and denied Northwestern players' petition to unionize.
However, the ruling wasn't necessarily an absolute reversal. Here's how some on twitter reacted to and analyzed the decision:
NLRB says that even if college athletes are employees (still very strong evidence), they are not taking jurisdiction. DID NOT rule against
— Kain Colter (@KainColter_2) August 17, 2015
NLRB declining to recognize Northwestern as employees doesn't end the debate since NLRB didn't rule on the merits of the players' arguments.