Regional director of the NLRB rules that Northwestern football players can unionie

A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Thursday that the Northwestern football players can unionize, making them university employees, but nothing has been won yet and this could be a long drawn out process.  The University says that it plans to appeal and will go to the full National Labor Relations Board who's members are appointed by the president and approved by Congress. Depending on the decision here it could move onto the Supreme Court where a final decision will be made. This process could take a couple of years, so what is up next? This situation will lead to more lawsuits filed by other players as the NCAA continues to be scrutinized as taking advantage of major college athletes and being a dictatorship like most non-profit organizations are. There is already a suit against 5 major conferences to block enforcement of the amount of financial aid players can receive. It is known that major college athletics generates billions of dollars and high profile players can't see any of it in order to keep their amateur status. I think we will continue to see this topic escalate and that there isn't going to be an end anytime soon. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/03/27/northwestern-labor-decision-what-happens-next/?KEYWORDS=northwestern+football