We have been following the drive for unionization by the Northwestern University football team.

If they proceed, due to the rules of Obamacare, it looks like the school will be buying maternity coverage for them.

“Northwestern University became the first school in the nation to deem its football players full-time employees, thus making them eligible for union representation and health insurance benefits including maternity coverage,” Rare reported.  ”The kicker is that under Obamacare, the Evanston, Ill.-based team, comprised of more than 50 ‘employees,’ is considered a ‘large employer’ and Northwestern must provide pregnancy-related health care for the all-male team.”

The ridiculousness of the situation was highlighted by Republican Ben Sasse, a leading critic of Obamacare and candidate for U.S. Senate in Nebraska.

In a YouTube video titled “Pregnant Football Players,” Sasse pointed out the National Relations Labor Board is appointed by President Barack Obama – and they’re the same folks who recently decided college football players at Northwestern are the equivalent of full-time employees and can form a labor union.

“Due to Obamacare, college athletics departments must provide maternity coverage to 18-year-old boys,” said Sasse, president of Midland University. ”This is insane.”