Leigh Steinberg Series for the Protection of Student Athletes: (Session 5) The rolling snowball: classification of student-athletes as employees

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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

INFO

• Avail. Until: 6/1/2026
• Course Time:   1:00 PM PT
• Duration:   56 min.
• Program Code:   BCLT0030

This course is available to students for free.