re: When players become official employees

First of all, once athletes are accepted as paid employees, this will affect every sport. Once football is unionized, that union will soon go for the rest of the sports. A CBA will be mandatory & it will cover all the issues being discussed here, i.e. this will all be negotiated. Unless covered by a CBA, not sure where any "contracts: would come into play. Injured employees would be covered by workers compensation & if there is one thing that is certain, plaintiff attys would jump in & become a factor in ongoing medical treatment; bad injuries resulting in law suits & negotiated settlements. Unionization = strikes when negotiations stall. Strikes: will season ticket holders get reimbursed for non played games? This is a very dark & deep rabbit hole staring college athletics across the board.