How dining hall activism inspired Dartmouth basketball players to fight for a union

Dartmouth men's basketball team is seeking to become the first unionized team in college sports.

National Labor Relations Board rules that the team's 15 players are employees of the school.

"It's a great privilege to be able to do it," says team's 6 -foot-6 forward, Cade Haskins.

Dartmouth is challenging the basketball players' efforts to organize.

Classifying college athletes as employees would change the nature of college sports.

Powerhouses like Michigan or Alabama would end up with the pick of the litter, says Kenneth Jacobsen .

Jacobsen : "The money and funding that would be necessary is substantial" Dartmouth says it will appeal the NLRB ruling, but the union election is expected to go forward in a matter of weeks .