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Legislation would allow college athletes to unionize

Posted 5/28/21

College athletes could soon be banding together. A bill introduced May 28 would grant the athletes employee status and give them organizing and collective-bargaining rights, ESPN reported.

The College Athletes Right to Organize bill, authored by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)would uproot the NCAA’s “foundational premise of amateurism,” the news site reported.

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