The College Athletes Players Association is criticizing Northwestern University's argument for overturning a ruling that would allow the school's football players to unionize. Northwestern is appealing a ruling by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board who said that the school's football players are employees under federal law and thus entitled to unionize. CAPA says Northwestern ''has not established grounds for review of the regional director's factfinding.'' Wednesday's filing also attacks other parts of the appeal. CAPA would represent them.
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