Student-Athletes as Employees—the Changing Landscape of Collegiate Athletics

Expired

Program Number

3220

Program Date

2022-01-26

CLE Credits

A discussion about the impact of the recent ruling in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Johnson v. NCAA, where the court denied the NCAA/several local college’s (Villanova, Drexel, Lasalle, Penn, Temple, Penn State, etc.) motion to dismiss and held that the complaint plausibly alleges that the students are employees of the colleges for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The plaintiffs are student athletes who engage in interscholastic athletic activity for their colleges and universities and allege that they are employees who should be paid for the time they spend related to those athletic activities.

The webinar will discuss the case status (including the status of a potential interlocutory appeal), the court’s decision, and how the case impacts student-athletes and universities.