Popular support for unionization of college athletes grew out of legitimate safety concerns and recognition that some players may need stipends to supplement their scholarships, Kevin wrote. However, the recent narrowly applicable, politically driven decision to permit scholarship football players at Northwestern University to unionize does more harm than good.
And of greater concern, it appears to be just another in a continuing series of decisions by a National Labor Relations Board that is willing to do anything it can to expand union membership, regardless of the consequences, he wrote.
Read Kevin's full article on www.chron.com.
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