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“I can’t say for sure, but I think
he is,” said Day, who was 20 at the
time. “If I was him, I would be. I
watch everyone. He watches a lot
of golf. He has so much time. He
played 16 events — what does he
do with his time? He’d be aware of
me. He’d be saying, ‘Here’s another
kid coming up.”’
Now 27, he idolized the work
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growing up in Australia and honed
that powerful swing under Colin
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ever questioned his ability, only the
trophies. It took him three years to
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Byron Nelson Championship, and
four more years before he picked
up another title at the Match Play
Championship.
Along the way were more
nagging injuries than he cares to
remember, along with whispers that
he was an underachiever.
All that has been put to rest.
This is a new Day, who has
matured into one of the top three
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stay there.
“As long as I am healthy, I feel
Aussie sets new scoring
record en route to title
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
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Day reached a major pinnacle of his
career by winning the PGA Cham-
pionship.
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tweet that he was watching from
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to mind Day’s rookie season when
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goals and some big talk.
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Not much in life has come easily
for Day.
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Day was 12, and if not for the sacri-
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golf academy, and the nurturing of
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would be now. Day once shopped
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nament Sunday.
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time,” Day said. “I still want to
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one shot when he left a 30-foot
birdie attempt a foot short.
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a two-shot margin, along with
pressure not to let another chance
get away. He feared there would be
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the new No. 1 player in golf.
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could do.”
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phenomenal golf right now, says
that,” Day said. “Because it means
that he left everything out there on
the golf course and my play this
week was just so much better —
well, better than everyone else. And
that feels good to me, because I was
the last man standing.”
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he wanted. Only after it was over
did Day realize he had broken a
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up. He arrived.
National Labor Relations Board overturns college athletics union decision
Flips 2014 decision in
favor of athlete unions
decision did not directly address the
question of whether the players are
employees.
“Although we do not decide the
By MICHAEL TARM
issue here, we acknowledge that
Associated Press
whether such individuals meet the
board’s test for employee status is
CHICAGO — The National a question that does not have an
Labor Relations Board on Monday obvious answer,” the board said.
blocked an effort by Northwestern
The labor dispute goes to the
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union, dealing a setback to a labor reap billions of dollars, mostly
movement that could have trans- through broadcast contracts, by
formed the game.
relying on amateurs who are not
In a unanimous decision, the paid. In other countries, college
NLRB said the prospect of having sports are small-time club affairs,
both union and nonunion teams while elite youth athletes often turn
could lead to different standards pro as teens.
at schools — from the amount
“Processing a petition for the
of money players receive to the scholarship players at this single
amount of time they can practice — institution under the circumstances
and create competitive imbalances presented here would not promote
throughout college sports.
stability in labor relations,” the
The ruling dismissed a March ruling said.
2014 decision by a regional NLRB
NLRB rules do not offer the
director in Chicago who said foot- losing side, in this case the pro-union
ball players with scholarships are forces, an option to appeal the
effectively school employees and board’s decision. The board did
entitled to organize. But Monday’s leave the door open to taking up the
college sports unionization issue
again if it involves other schools
or if conditions change for North-
western football players.
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2014, when a handful of football
players called the NCAA a “dicta-
torship” and announced plans to
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for college athletes. Quarterback
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conference for the College Athletes
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union, which lent its organizing
expertise and presumably helped
bankroll the union drive.
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issued a stunning decision, saying
Northwestern football players who
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tion of employees under federal
law and therefore should be able
to unionize. A month later, foot-
ball players cast secret ballots on
whether to unionize. Those ballots
were sealed during the appeal and
will now be destroyed.
Colter said he was disappointed
with the ruling but did not regard
it as a “complete loss.” Rather, he
said, the NLRB simply “punted the
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possibility that the effort could be
revived in the future.
University spokesman Alan K.
Cubbage thanked the players for
“bringing national attention to these
important issues” but said collective
bargaining is “not the appropriate
methods to address the concerns.”
Cubbage said the university
would work with the athletes to
address questions about the long-
term health impact of intercolle-
giate sports, including providing
additional academic aid.
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regarded as someone who, among
other things, receives compensation
for a service and is under the direct
control of managers. In Northwest-
ern’s case, Ohr concluded coaches
are equivalent to business managers
and scholarships are a form of pay.
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for the NCAA, the dominant
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college athletics. The NCAA has
been under increasing scrutiny over
its amateurism rules and has been in
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athletes over everything from head
injuries to revenue earned based on
the use of their likenesses in video
games.
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ences, including the Big Ten, to
add player stipends to help athletes
defray some of their expenses.
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for example, will give some athletes
$3,000 to $5,500 each on top of a
scholarship that pays for tuition,
room, board and books.
Northwestern, the Big Ten and
the NCAA all argued against the
unionization effort, saying that
lumping college athletes into the
same category as factory workers
would transform amateur athletics
for the worse. At one point,
Northwestern administrators sent
a document to players outlining
potential pitfalls, noting that player
strikes could lead to the spectacle of
replacement players.
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