Sept. 16, 2025

Ep. 97: The Case for College Athletes as Unionized Employees. With Jennifer Abruzzo, former NLRB General Counsel

Ep. 97: The Case for College Athletes as Unionized Employees.  With Jennifer Abruzzo, former NLRB General Counsel

Send us a text On this episode, I'm joined by the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo. Jennifer discusses: 1) Why she thinks college athletes should be unionized employees who engage in collective bargaining 2) Why collective bargaining help, not hurt, college athletics as a whole 3) How and why conferences should collectively bargain with college athletes 4) Why she wasn't surprised to be fired by President Trump, and 5) Her perspective on th...

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 On this episode, I'm joined by the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo. Jennifer discusses:

1) Why she thinks college athletes should be unionized employees who engage in collective bargaining

2) Why collective bargaining help, not hurt, college athletics as a whole

3) How and why conferences should collectively bargain with college athletes

4) Why she wasn't surprised to be fired by President Trump, and 

5) Her perspective on the now-paused SCORE Act and President Trump's executive order on college sports.

Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .