HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another attack on the NCAA's deteriorating amateur business model.
"Today is a big day for our team," players Cade Haskins and Romeo Myrthil said in a statement.
That could delay negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement until long after the current members of the basketball team have graduated.
“In this isolated circumstance, however, the students on the men’s basketball team are not in any way employed by Dartmouth,” the school said.
A college athletes union would be unprecedented in American sports.
Persons:
Cade Haskins, Romeo Myrthil, —, “, ”, ” Haskins, Myrthil, Haskins, ” Myrthil, ” Mary Kay Henry, ” “, Jimmy Golen
Organizations:
Dartmouth, National Labor Relations Board, Service Employees International Union Local, SEIU, Ivy League, NCAA, NLRB, Big Green, Northwestern football, Wildcats, Big, Ivy League Players Association, Harvard, The Associated Press, AP
Locations:
HANOVER, N.H, Alabama, Michigan, Dartmouth