A simple election in Hanover, N.H., sent shock waves throughout the college sports world Tuesday.
Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize, the Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday morning on social media.
The union is the first of its kind in the history of college athletics, and its founding follows a Feb. 5 ruling by National Labor Relations Board regional director Laura A. Sacks that college athletes should be considered employees of their universities. The ruling and subsequent vote are both expected to set off lengthy legal fights.
