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Should NCAA Football Have a Union?

Former Northwestern QB Kain Colter stops by to talk organizing NCAA athletes.

Dave Zirin

January 22, 2019

Utah Utes running back Armand Shyne is tackled by two Northwestern Wildcats players on December 31, 2018 in San Diego, California. (Jake Roth / USA Today Sports)

This week we speak to Kain Colter, former quarterback at Northwestern University and current organizer with the American Federation of Teachers. We talked about his experiences at Northwestern, challenges that college athletes face, and the labor movement today.

Also, we got Choice Words about the picket line developing at the Super Bowl halftime show by artists, Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down awards to Donovan Mitchell and a recent recipient. All that and more, on this week’s show.

Kain Colter Fate of the Union: How a Northwestern football union nearly came to be

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Dave ZirinTwitterDave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports. He is also the coproducer and writer of the new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL.


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