Did NCAA Bylaws Influence the Recent Dartmouth NLRB Ruling?

By Kasey Havekost and Joel Nielsen, Bricker Graydon LLP The Dartmouth ruling has been widely reported throughout the college sports world. What do the NCAA bylaws have to do with it? Everything. To set the scene, on February 5, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) Region 1 Director, Laura Sacks, concluded that Dartmouth basketball players are “employees” under the Act and could unionize.  A significant portion of the analysis focused on the relationship between the col