Athletic Departments to be Challenged by the FLSA’s New Regs

When the human resources department at a major university sent out a memo on August 18 to its staff and faculty about the Fair Labor Standards Act, the department chose its words very carefully.   "In general, the new regulations will not have a significant impact on positions across our campus," it read. True. But the exception to that summary statement is a big one – the college athletic department.   Athletic directors face an administrative crisis, mostly over whether their assis