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A poster of a basketball player is attached to a lamppost on the campus of Dartmouth College, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Hanover, N.H. Dartmouth basketball players voted to form a union, an unprecedented step in the continued deterioration of the NCAA's amateur business model. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Dartmouth men’s basketball union vote historic, but still not final

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National College Players Association Executive Director Ramogi Huma testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. While college athletes now have the freedom to earn money from NIL endorsements, they remain beholden to terms of apparel contracts paying millions to their schools and nothing to them. Huma said college athletes should have the same right as U.S. Olympians and players in the NBA and Major League Baseball to wear shoes of their choice. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

College athlete shoe deals in NIL era get stepped on by lucrative school contracts with big brands

By Eric Olson - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, Ramogi Huma speaks during a news conference in Chicago. As Congress considers whether to allow college athletes to receive endorsement money, the NCAA, of which Huma is executive director, and its allies spent nearly $1 million last year lobbying lawmakers to shape any reforms to the organization's liking. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

AP Exclusive: NCAA, 2 conferences spend $750,000 on lobbying

By BEN NUCKOLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April, 2, 2014 file photo, former Northwestern football quarterback Kain Colter, right, and Ramogi Huma, founder and president of the National College Players Association, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington. Northwestern football players will cast secret ballots Friday, April 25, 2014, on whether to form the nation’s first union for college athletes, a potentially landmark vote that will, however, be kept sealed for weeks or months, and possibly years. Colter announced in January that he would lead the drive to unionize. The CAPA would represent the players at the bargaining table if the pro-union side prevails. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Northwestern players to cast historic union vote

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Former Northwestern University football quarterback Kain Colter, right, Ramogi Huma, founder and President of the National College Players Association left, and Tim Waters, Political Director of the United Steel Workers, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April, 2, 2014. Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union. Colter _ the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize _ and Ramogi Huma, the founder and president of the National College Players Association, scheduled meetings Wednesday with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Union says other college teams in play

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

From left, former Northwestern University football quarterback Kain Colter, Ramogi Huma, founder and President of the National College Players Association and Tim Waters, Political Director of the United Steel Workers, arrive on Capitol Hill in Wednesday, April, 2, 2014. Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union. Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter _ the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize _ and Ramogi Huma, the founder and president of the National College Players Association, scheduled meetings Wednesday with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

College athletes take labor cause to Capitol Hill

By TOM RAUM and KIMBERLY HEFLING - Associated Press

From left, former Northwestern University football quarterback Kain Colter, Ramogi Huma, founder and President of the National College Players Association and Tim Waters, Political Director of the United Steel Workers, arrive on Capitol Hill in Wednesday, April, 2, 2014. Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union. Former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter _ the face of a movement to give college athletes the right to unionize _ and Ramogi Huma, the founder and president of the National College Players Association, scheduled meetings Wednesday with lawmakers. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Northwestern athletes make their case for unionization to Congress

By Kimberly Hefling and Tom Raum - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, right, speaks while College Athletes Players Association President Ramogi Huma listens during a news conference in Chicago. In a Wednesday, March 26, 2014, landmark ruling, a federal agency has given football players at Northwestern University the green light to unionize. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

College athletes can unionize, federal agency says

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Lawsuit seeks to end NCAA’s ‘unlawful cartel’

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

College Athletes Players Association designated president Ramogi Huma, left, and Northwestern University outgoing senior quarterback Kain Colter make their way to the beginning of three days of hearings before the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Chicago. The NLRB is scheduled to begin witness testimony on whether to approve a bid by Northwestern University football players who are trying to unionize. Colter is among the key witnesses in the case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Union leader: No grudge against Wildcats’ coach

Associated Press

Northwestern quarterback Kain Coulter speaks during a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan., 28, 2014. Calling the NCAA a &quot;dictatorship,&quot; a handful of Northwestern football players announced Tuesday they are forming the first labor union for college athletes, the College Athletes Players Association. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

College athletes take step toward forming union

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Northwestern defensive lineman Brian Arnfelt (91) and Bo Cisek (1) holds the trophy while their teammate Will Hampton (92) kisses it after the Gator Bowl NCAA college football game against Mississippi State, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 in Jacksonville, Fla. Northwestern won 34-20. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)

Northwestern University football players seek labor union protection

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

As a Baylor Bears quarterback, Robert Griffin III was knocked out of the game with a concussion while playing the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2011. Now with the Washington Redskins in the NFL, he has a lot more legal protection against such injuries. (Cal Sport Media via Associated Press)

NCAA playing catch-up with concussions

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

Teddy Bridgewater went on to lead Louisville to one of the biggest upset in BCS bowl history after taking a brutal hit in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2. The NCAA scarcely mentions concussions in its manual. (Associated Press)

Blind side to concussions: NFL’s latest legal blows give feeble push to NCAA

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

Column: NCAA last amateur left in college sports

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press