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UAB became the first Division I football team to join a fledgling organization that hopes to represent athletes as college sports moves to a more professional model.
Athletes.org is not a union — yet — and one of several organizations trying to organize athletes. Jim Cavale, one of the founders, said the group has signed up more than 2,900 college athletes from all sports over the last eight months, mostly one by one. With more potentially drastic changes to college sports likely on the horizon, including multiple antitrust lawsuits that could re-direct millions of dollars in revenue toward the athletes, the organization is positioning itself to evolve into an association that aligns players by sport.after a ruling by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board deemed the players to be employees.
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