Courts and the Future of Athletic Labor in College Sports

(Editor’s Note: What follows is the summary of a law review article prepared by Michael H. LeRoy Professor, School of Labor & Employment Relations & College of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School)   How will courts shape labor rights in college sports? For decades, judges have fostered changes in how athletes are paid in professional baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Recently, “labor” has entered the l