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Session 5: The rolling snowball: classification of student-athletes as employees
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This module will discuss the legal mechanisms that could lead to the classification of student-athletes as employees and the immigration implications of these scenarios. Our discussion will include the following topics:
- The proposed settlement in House v. NCAA and the distinction between direct payment models and NIL
- The NLRB decision Trustees of Dartmouth College
- The impossibility of I-9 compliance
- Solutions that could address both NIL and employee status related issues
Speakers:
Ksenia Maiorova, Practice Group Leader, Individual and Olympic Athletes, Green & Spiegel, LLC
Amy Maldonado, Founder and Principal, Law Offices of Amy Maldonado, LLC
John Mazzeo, Associate General Counsel, Vertical Screen, Inc.
Prof. David Weber, Creighton University