Was the employee issue ever fully discussed in an opinion?

Was the employee issue ever fully discussed in an opinion?
by MCB (2024-04-30 11:03:54)

In reply to: rumor is that there is going to be a settlement posted by jt

I have paid tangential attention to these developments but glanced through portions of the Supreme Court opinion when it was issued and the assumption in the opinion was that players are employees (which is a key assumption).

Was that issue actually decided by a lower court and not appealed, or by the Supreme Court and I missed it? I'm more interested in a court's analysis than an NLRB decision.

If that assumption was never fully challenged, why wasn't it? When does a college athlete become an employee versus engaged in an extracurricular activity? Only for lucrative sports or is a freshman fencer an employee of the school? How about a tuba player? What are the limiting principles in this unusual context?

Replies:

SC Justice Kavanaugh - MrE 2024-04-30 11:18:33
- That's the part I remember reading - MCB 2024-04-30 11:21:57
  - I believe that is another case coming up - jt 2024-04-30 11:24:38