NLRB hearing begins in NU football players’ quest for union

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A lawyer for football players at Northwestern University who seek to form a union told reporters Wednesday the effort represents the first step in what he hopes will be an overhaul of Division I private university football standards.

“For too many years, college athletes have been exploited and have been denied their rights as employees,” attorney John G. Adam said during a news conference following opening statements before a National Labor Relations Board hearing officer about whether the football players should be considered employees. He said basketball players are ripe for making the same argument.

Amazing! How can you form a union when you aren't even an employee of an institution??