@McCannSportsLaw So, if the NCAA were to allow students to be recognized as work study athletes, that is all it would take? Or would there need to be some other dispensation to allow them to bargain with the conferences/NCAA?
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Husband, father, Sports Medicine Physician AMSSM Past President Head Team Physician Georgetown University Military veteran
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@chadasplund That's a great question. My instinct is a school could voluntarily recognize the student athletes as student employees and pay them in the same model as work study. But the school would likely violate conference and NCAA membership rules by doing that.
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Students can be labor. It's not either or. That is the heart of Work-Study and student employment. Some undergraduate students, including those working in cafeterias, have even formed unions and negotiate CBAs with the school (see Darmouth College).
Jo420@Jo4twenty
@McCannSportsLaw Except they're not labor...they're students
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@achristovichh Amanda, Could congress create an entity "college athletes" and give them the ability to bargain without having them be unionized or employees??
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The issue of preventing athletes from being employees--and therefore preventing from collective bargaining abilities--appears to continue to be one of the biggest sticking points between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
A fascinating Senate roundtable event on college athlete employment unfolded on Capitol Hill today, where comments from Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) & Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) - seated next to one another - paint the stark differences between the two parties on this issue.
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@WinterSportsLaw @WinterSportsLaw Is there anyway for congress to create a special entity of "college athlete" as a bargaining unit that would allow them to bargain without being unionized or employees?
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Good thread on another Congressional round table on college sports that took place today.
You can see where differences lie.
One side wants to keep imposing things on athletes, transfer limits for example.
The other side wants to have any caps and limits agreed to by athletes.
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
A fascinating Senate roundtable event on college athlete employment unfolded on Capitol Hill today, where comments from Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) & Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) - seated next to one another - paint the stark differences between the two parties on this issue.
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@DeenaCasiero and @NCAA_SSI thank you for this valuable document, which will help performance staffs and athletes!
Deena Casiero@DeenaCasiero
🚨 On behalf of CSMAS and @NCAA_SSI, I’m pleased to share that the new Performance Technologies Recommendations: Responsible Use in Collegiate Athletics is now available. 🚨 I encourage athletics departments, health care administrators, directors of athletics, athletic trainers, team physicians, strength and conditioning coaches and other campus leaders to review and share this resource as we collectively navigate this rapidly advancing space. 🔗 Read the full recommendations here: on.ncaa.com/PerfTechRec 👉 Additional guidance will be added as it becomes available here: on.ncaa.com/PerfTech
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@Clowfb The model could also change - instead of paying coaches tons of money to coach (and even not to coach after they get fired) and building ridiculous facilities with slides and flight simulators, the money could be "redistributed" in a more fair/sane manner
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A telling passage from Louisville's letter on reform: "Without an enforceable cap, the current trajectory is clear: a small number of programs will spend whatever it takes to dominate, the middle class will hollow out, and hundreds of programs will be forced to cut sports, reduce scholarships, and abandon the student-athletes who depend on them."
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@awfulannouncing What does that even mean - yes, she got more people interested in women's basketball, but women's sports have been undervalued and under appreciated by TV for years. You have seen the sell outs of Unrivaled, PWHL, etc. Women's sports are sports (period).
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ESPN executive sees Caitlin Clark as ‘gateway drug’ to watching women’s sports dlvr.it/TRFyMn
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@Ginger_Guns Jeanne - support staff across the board is underpaid and under appreciated - departments "never have money" until they have to fire a coach, hire a general manager, etc.. The ATs, SC's, academics, equipment, facilities, comms people are the unsung heroes of college athletics
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@chadasplund Starting with paying our Athletic Trainers and S&C Coaches more than a livable wage (we are the only people in athletics departments who must be certified/licensed in order to be employed) would be a GREAT start.
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Another point not addressed by this piece or either of the congressional bills is the health and safety of the athletes. We need enforceable health and safety standards and to hold coaches and administrators accountable if they endanger athlete safety.
Louisville Athletics@GoCards
College Athletics is at a structural inflection point. From the Arena, Not the Sidelines: College Athletics is Running Out of Time Read: uofl.me/4b23Xhl
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@GoCards Great point! There chang is needed. I have likened college athletics to a "runaway train" and the fuel is $$$ - something needs to slow the train or people are going to start falling off.
Louisville Athletics@GoCards
College Athletics is at a structural inflection point. From the Arena, Not the Sidelines: College Athletics is Running Out of Time Read: uofl.me/4b23Xhl
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@MCameron008 Year round single sport competition for many years leads to an accumulation of fatigue with the ACL, increasing likelihood to tear - I am seeing many ACL's with minimal effusion- I think represents completed tearing of a partial tear from years of micro tearing
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The ACL epidemic in youth athletes, especially female athletes, is out of control. To me, it's at the point where it's sickening. Young athletes and their parents need more education on injury prevention, load management, and should be acting on what they learn…
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Our #ATBHM2026 salutes Dr. Tamerah Hunt of @GeorgiaSouthern. Dr. Hunt is a dedicated concussion researcher re: the SDOH impact on recovery & head injury to youth athletes. Dr. Hunt is the @SEATA9 rep to our @NATAFoundation. @EDACNATA & @NATA1950 values are her calling card.
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Alyssa Quinones-Mixon secures the best finish by an Auburn woman at SEC Indoors since 2016!
#WarEagle
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The Lake Placid Olympic Center — the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice — is opening its cafe tomorrow morning for the USA-Canada game. Breakfast and coffee will be served starting at 8. But no mimosas until 10.
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John Wroblewski played college hockey at Notre Dame from 1999-2003.
He just won a gold medal at the 2026 Olympics in Milan as the head coach of the United States Women's Hockey Team.
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@mnhopper1s Mike that is one of the overlooked "super skills" of the athletic trainer. ATs are like the Swiss army knife of the sports medicine operation - able to so many things! If I was starting a company (no matter what product) - I would hire ATs b/c they are smart, adaptable, hardwor
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Adaptability: I think one reason that ATs face burnout is the constant need to adapt. Adapt to changing schedules. Adapt to different coaches’ communication desires, adapting to different protocols, adapting to do the best we can in inadequate facilities with inadequate resources
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Athletic trainers aren’t in short supply — they’re leaving high-pressure settings. Low pay, burnout, lack of support, and better options elsewhere make retention the real challenge. Programs that value, support, and invest in ATs keep them — and keep athletes safer.
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