As UCONN triumphs in a perfect season, NCAA sports are in turmoil

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An NLRB district director has declared that Division I players are employees with the right to organize and collectively bargain.
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There is so much money in sports entertainment today that it's no surprise that the best college athletes want to belly up to the banquet buffet.  I'm hard pressed to blame them.

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