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39 Loy. L.A. Ent. L. Rev. 77 (2019)
The FLSA and the NCAA's Potential Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

handle is hein.journals/laent39 and id is 93 raw text is: THE FLSA AND THE NCAA'S POTENTIAL TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Sam C. Ehrlich* The NCAA is at a crossroads with student-athlete compensation. Over the past few decades, the NCAA and its partners have faced lawsuits from several different angles with essentially one consistent argument: Student- athletes deserve to be compensated for what they provide to colleges and universities. In two such lawsuits-Dawson v. NCAA and Livers v. NCAA-the plaintiffs have attempted a new strategy: arguing that revenue sport student- athletes are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These cases have gained some traction, and the distinctive protections granted to employees under the FLSA present unique challenges worth exploring. This Article analyzes the potential results of a plaintiff victory in a FLSA case on the landscape of collegiate sports. To that end, this Article explores the unique benefits and challenges the FLSA presents, and how in- tercollegiate sports would be shifted by a plaintiff victory on this front. * Sam C. Ehrlich, J.D., Doctoral Student, Sport Management, Florida State University. The author would like to thank John T. Holden and Ryan M. Rodenberg for their continuing guidance and support. This Article has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by any person or entity that created or produced the children's book by Judith Viorst or any entity involved with that book or any other works based on it. This Article is not associated with, or sponsored or approved by, any such other person or entity. The body text of this Comment is intended to be current as of October 2018. However, there have been some updates to the cases discussed herein prior to publication. These updates are discussed in limited fashion within the footnotes. 77

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