Dartmouth, NCAA React to Basketball Team’s Union Vote

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize on Tuesday, another seismic step toward the potential for student-athletes to become school employees.

That’s something both the NCAA and Dartmouth University came out against in the wake of the news.

This would be the first labor union in college sports. The Dartmouth team would be represented by the Service Employees International Union. With the vote and the approval from the National Labor Relations Board, the university is required to negotiate in good faith with the basketball team in collective bargaining.