Republicans in the both the Senate and the House filed a friend-of-the-court brief Thursday in the National Labor Relations Board case regarding the Northwestern University students who wish to form a college athletes union. The lawmakers came down strongly against allowing collective bargaining on campuses, as they have previously done.

“Congress never intended for college athletes to be considered employees covered by the [National Labor Relations] Act, and doing so is incompatible with the student-university relationship,” the Republicans argued.