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Athletes’ union responds to Northwestern appeal

Associated Press

Wildcats’ Fitzgerald urges ‘no’ vote on union

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, right, speaks while College Athletes Players Association President Ramogi Huma, listens during a news conference in Chicago. On Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board met in Chicago to consider whether college football players qualify as employees and therefore are eligible to form a union. Colter, the main witness for the players, is expected to attend when three days of testimony begin Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

College athletes can unionize, federal agency says

By Michael Tarm - Associated Press

Northwestern University outgoing senior quarterback Kain Colter makes his way to the beginning of three days of hearings before the National Labor Relations Board Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Chicago. The NLRB is scheduled to begin witness testimony on whether to approve a bid by Northwestern University football players who are trying to unionize. Colter is among the key witnesses in the case. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

QB backs bid to form college athletes union

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Attorney for the College Athletes Players Union John Adam speaks to the media after a National Labor Relations Board hearing on the request by Northwestern University football players to unionize in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Board considers if college players are employees

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press