Prof. Matthew Bodie Quoted in the New York Times About Possible Changes in Amateur Status Among College Athletes

Prof. Matthew Bodie was quoted in the New York Times about the potential of college athletes either unionizing or being treated like other school employees. Recent congressional hearings discussed athletes at the University of Southern California requesting employee status and Dartmouth College athletes voting to unionize. In lawyers’ testimony, comparisons were made between athletes and other college employees but Professor Bodie said that is difficult to do. “It’s hard to find a comp and that’s what the law likes to do. The USC case is the more traditional case,” Bodie said. “Dartmouth is kind of surprising. The economic relationship there is a little hard to see. If the basketball players are employees, why not the orchestra? Why not the people on the squash team?”