College Players Granted Right To Form Union.

The article discusses a ruling by Peter Ohr, a regional director of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (N.L.R.B.), that scholarship Northwestern University football players have a right to form a union and bargain collectively as university employees. Topics addressed include the potential implications of the ruling in terms of a larger effort to change the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's (N.C.A.A.) policies on compensating student-athletes, as well as Northwestern's requirements for football players.