William C. Rhoden: In a groundbreaking decision that acknowledges the special status of the college scholarship athlete, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board confirmed Wednesday what many of us already know: Athletes running and jumping across our television screens are university employees. ... Whether it is the football player at Grambling or the basketball team at Kentucky, the scholarship athlete is part of an on-campus entertainment system that uses unpaid labor to generate profit and diversion for universities and the NCAA.
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