Savannah Putnam, Author at Campbell Law Observer

Articles by Savannah Putnam

About Savannah Putnam (1 Articles)

Savannah Putnam is a third-year law student at Campbell University School of Law. Savannah is from Morganton, North Carolina. She earned her undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in Political Science and Interpersonal Communications and minored in History. Savannah's legal interests reside in NCAA compliance litigation, workers' compensation, and employment law. Savannah loves to cheer on the Tarheels and always enjoys a good western-style barbecue sandwich.

Protection for Play: Student-Athletes and the Renewed Fight for Workers’ Compensation Benefits

June 23, 2022

The National Collegiate Athlete Association (“NCAA”) has a longstanding history of denying employment-related benefits to student-athletes. Student-athletes have never been able to claim employment status at the university they attend. Accordingly, injured student-athletes have traditionally been unable to make a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The theory and rationale behind denying student-athletes employment status at the university they attended is based on the idea of [...]