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Third Thursdays With Ruthie: Recent Developments In The Student-Athlete Versus University-Employee Debate (Podcast)
24 February 2022
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
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In this edition of our Third Thursdays podcast series, Ruthie
Goodboe is joined by Elizabeth Soveranez and Bethany Wagner to
discuss the evolving legal landscape in the debate over the status
of college athletes as students or employees. The speakers focus on
challenges to the present model of collegiate athletics from both
labor and employment perspectives and discuss National Labor
Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's memorandum
expressing her position that certain student-athletes are employees
under the National Labor Relations Act.
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