Administrative Trial Starts in NLRB Action Over Student Athletes

Administrative proceedings on a National Labor Relations Board complaint alleging that the National Collegiate Athletics Association, the PAC-12 conference and the University of Southern California have not properly classified student athletes as employees. The Los Angeles office of the NLRB in May issued a complaint alleging that USC, the PAC-12 and the NCAA were joint employers of football and basketball players. The initial complaint and an amended complaint filed in September claim the PAC-12 and NCAA “exercised control over the labor relations policies of” or “administe...