Notre Dame hit with unfair labor complaint for its classifying of athletes

An unfair labor complaint was filed Thursday against Notre Dame for "classifying college athletes as 'student-athletes,'" according to the AP. The complaint was filed with the National Labor Relations Board by a California-based group “calling itself the College Basketball Players Association.” It said that Notre Dame is "engaging in unfair labor practices" as defined by the National Labor Relations Act. This is "similar to one" filed against USC last May by the NLRB's L.A. office alleging players on USC's football and men's and women's basketball teams are "employees and not 'student-athletes' within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act." Notre Dame cited its Statement for Principles for Intercollegiate Athletics in responding to a request for comment on the complaint and said that athletics is "an integrated participant in and contributor to the University's education mission" (AP, 4/18).