Well those Dartmouth BB players aren’t ‘working’ at all right now, so would they be eligible for Union layoff benefits or unemployment? To cover that, those union dues are going to have to be pretty high.
I still say that no sport averages 40 hours per week for the whole school year or 52 weeks of the year. Some of the 40 hours would not be considered ‘work’ in a traditional job, even a union job (meal times, getting dressed for work, commuting, medical appointments) and the Dartmouth players want to be in a union based on their ‘working hours.’ I can see the coaches putting a time clock near the court/field and making all other activities optional if the workers expect to be paid for every minute.