The Northwestern union saga came to an end Monday with the NLRB's decision to not quite make a decision and subsequent dismissal of the College Athletes Players Association's attempt to unionize. The fact that the NLRB declined to rule on the case puts an end to this singular case at Northwestern, but not to a potential larger-scale unionization petition in the future. Because of that, much of the issues surrounding major college sports are still left very much unsolved.
Here are the three biggest takeaways from the NLRB's ruling on the Northwestern football union: