Last month, Northwestern University quarterback Kain Colter, who was at the National Football League Combine — a gathering of prospective NFL players where they are evaluated mentally, physically and by position before the draft — challenged his alma mater, as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, for the right for collegiate football and basketball players to unionize. The hearing, spearheaded by Colter, the inaugural spokesperson for the advocacy group College Athletes Players Association, was held before the National Labor Relations Board to try to change the categorization of collegiate athletes from “students” to “employees.” We commend Colter for challenging the NCAA and its monopoly on athletes, but we do not believe that unionization is an appropriate option for Cornell, or any other collegiate athletic program.