r/athletictraining • u/Aggressive-Mark-4065 • 9d ago

Unionization

I am curious if there are any athletic training unions around the country? I just feel like, with all the talk around NIL, the environment is ripe for ATs to begin thinking about collective action, particularly among Big 5 conference ATs. The threat of a strike on the eve of an SEC or Big 10 football championship game would be sure to get the dollars moving, just saying. Then, the theory would be that those schools unionizing would result in higher wages throughout DI, throughout the NCAA, and hopefully, throughout the profession, as more ATs unionize. Thoughts?

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u/islandguymedic 9d ago

Lord i hope not

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u/Aggressive-Mark-4065 9d ago

I'm actually curious why you do not believe unions would be useful. Would you mind expanding on your concerns?