Selling Souvenirs versus Filling Seats: Employees or Amateur Athletes
Introduction Shortly after the NCAA’s monumental decision allowing student-athletes to monetize their image and pursue NIL deals, college sports fans could already see another fundamental change to the NCAA landscape. Student-athletes could receive employment status, based on the outcome of Johnson v. NCAA . This action was brought by Ralph Johnson (later joined by other current and former student athletes), a former football player at Villanova, claiming student-athletes should be...