“now that the students will be employees of the University”
It won’t be long before the football players (and all other college athletes) demand to be paid wages.
The football team at Northwestern had a vote on unionization last year - I believe as United Steel Workers. The unionization vote failed, or the decision to allow it was disqualified, or something of that sort (but it’s only a matter of time).
In the sciences, grad students are basically apprentices learning their trade - they essentially get paid for learning how to be professionals. They do work long hours, however, at least at the elite schools.
Not sure why folks go to grad school in the humanities - there aren’t that many academic jobs to compete for, and they should have received sufficient leftist indoctrination as undergrads.