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Significance
The NLRB case coincides with a class-action suit before a federal appeals court on the issue, throwing a spotlight on whether students playing in the multi-billion-dollar enterprise of college sport are no longer amateur scholars but professional athletes whom colleges should pay.
Impacts
A successful sports team's ability to bolster alumni donations will justify some colleges paying high salaries to star athletes.
Paying players will create a hierarchical labour market, by sport and college, similar to that for graduate research and teaching posts.
As colleges hold a near-monopoly on developing US professional athletes, vocational training links with major league teams may develop.
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