Northwestern University football players to receive maternity coverage under Obamacare

Hot Air reports:

Northwestern University became the first school in the nation to deem its football players full-time employees, thus making them eligible for union representation and health insurance benefits including maternity coverage.

On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 13 director Peter Sung Ohr approved the players as employees of the school based on four prerequisite clauses. The team will now have the opportunity to vote on whether they want to unionize and join the College Athletes Players Association, according to Sports Blog Nation.

The kicker is that under Obamacare, the Evanston, Ill.-based team, comprised of more than 50 “employees,” is considered a “large employer” and Northwestern must provide pregnancy-related health care for the all-male team.

Nice scholarship you have there Mr. college football employee: got those FICA and federal incomes taxes for the value of your scholarship? Did the union leader types "remind" the college football players that being an employee means filing a tax return???