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Burgess Owens: “Under the Biden administration, then NLRB General Counsel…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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'Discuss The Factors': Owens Asks NLRB Head When Student Athletes Should Be Classified As Employees

Published | Video Starts at 03:44

As I just mentioned, I think we do have cases pending or likely to have cases pending that will give us that opportunity. The other alternative would be through rulemaking, but that's a rather extensive and long, long process. Okay. Under the Biden administration, then NLRB General Counsel Bruzo issued a memo stating that her belief that certain college athletes were employees under the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB regional director later found Dartmouth basketball players should be employees. And another NLRB regional director alleged that the University of Southern California student athletes or employees. (03:44–03:59)

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Asserts that the NLRB General Counsel under Biden issued a memo stating college athletes were employees.

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