Putting the "Extra" in Extracurricular: The FLSA's College Student Gap

have formed unions. 10 Student athletes have sued their universities and the NCAA, arguing that they should be protected employees under the FLSA 11 and that the NCAA's rules violate antitrust law. 12These actions raise an important question: why now?Prior to 2020, there were only two undergraduate student unions in the country, 13 and labor experts have argued that efforts for protection under federal labor and employment law have taken on a new tenor