“He’s one of the best basketball players in the country, and he led his team to victory in Monday night’s NCAA championship game. But the University of Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier recently told reporters he sometimes goes to bed “starving” because he can’t afford food, despite that UConn’s student-athlete guidelines include provisions for meal plans.

The remark got the attention of state lawmakers in Connecticut, who are now exploring legislative ways to allow athletes at UConn, a state institution, to unionize — much like athletes are attempting at Northwestern University.”* Desi Doyen (Green News Report), John Iadarola (TYT University), Dave Rubin (The Rubin Report) and Michael Shure break it down.

*Read more here from Sara Ganim / CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/07/us/ncaa-basketball-finals-shabazz-napier-hungry/