WASHINGTON (AP) — Baylor University President Ken Starr voiced strong opposition Thursday to a regional National Labor Relations Board ruling that scholarship football players at Northwestern University are technically school employees and thus entitled to collective bargaining rights.

Starr, a former federal judge and prosecutor, said it would be very disruptive if college athletes were allowed to unionize.

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