College Athlete Right to Organize Act

The College Athlete Right to Organize Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act to grant college athletes collective bargaining rights by defining them as employees when they receive direct compensation tied to athletic participation, allowing them to organize and negotiate with their institutions and athletic conferences. It would permit multiemployer bargaining units across colleges within a conference, extend NLRB jurisdiction to cover college athlete labor relations, and prohibit waivers of these rights in grant-in-aid agreements or settlements. The bill explicitly states that these changes would not alter the tax treatment of athletic scholarships or affect eligibility for…

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