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At Dartmouth, the focus turns to winning basketball games amid its unionization push
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Dartmouth's Robert McRae III (23) takes a pass from Jackson Munro (33) as Duke's Jaylen Blakes (2) defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Men's basketball players for Dartmouth are attempting to unionize, filing a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in September. - photo by AP Photo/Ben McKeown
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Romeo Myrthil and his Dartmouth teammates are pursuing multiple goals to start the college basketball season. There's winning games. And then there's the possibility of accomplishing something on a much bigger scale: changing college athletics through the team's attempt to unionize.