[gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] GatorNews from the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, Courtesy of JunoGator

On Apr 22, 2014, at 8:00 AM, JunoGator wrote:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive doesn't think college athletes should have employee status, but believes there is some common ground with the proposal from the five power leagues and a union movement.

"I don't believe student-athletes should be employees," Slive said Monday, addressing a Southeast regional meeting of the Associated Press sports editors.

Regardless of whether athletes "should" be employees, the question remains whether they "are."

So far, one Federal judge has ruled that they are.

I would love to read an article that explains the Federal definition of employee (I know the Florida definition) and analyze whether NCAA Division I athletes meet that definition. It would be far more enlightening than whether they "ought" to be employees.

-Zeb