I bet not. It's such a specialty that nobody cares, much like pro athletes. Those guys have such specialized skill and rate talent that they should absolutely wield power in job process. An electrician, not so much.
You should wield as much power in the employment process as the market allows. If electricians are so easily replaceable, they won't have any leverage.
Who said they can't? I didn't remotely say that. Just pointed out that power isn't necessarily relative to value. People can do as they please. Businesses should have every right to shove their asses out the door, but don't have the right over govt intervention.
Don't like unions, don't sign on with them. If the skill sets they provide are so easily acquired, finding non union replacements should be easy.
I don't have a problems with unions when the employer is already a monopoly and by no means a free market industry. See nba, nfl, mlb, NCAA.
As Hat has said, skill is a free market commodity. To ride his coattails, why does business put up with these unwashed masses with no skill set?
If they want to unionize, it is within their right to do so. But it goes both ways, the NW can also pull their scholarships as well. They are generally a year to year process.
Well the NCAA will win on that or will die trying. The term "student-athlete" was invented for the sole purpose of avoiding having to pay for such injuries. And it sounds to me like CTE fits nicely under that umbrella as well. So in essence they're just asking for a lifelong pension. Seems reasonable.
The NCAA is an employer to the players, huh? That was really subtle there how you assumed your conclusion.
But if they are willing to "compromise" on a 5th year scholarship for non RS players who want to go to grad school, they still come out ahead. And it paves the way for better compensation later.
I have no problem with that. But the day that schools are on the hook for long-term medical bills is the same day that college athletics simply ends.
