The NCAA announced on Saturday, March 23, that it was appealing a Federal District Court’s decision this month that barring athletes from being paid beyond a scholarship and related costs violated antitrust law. “We believe, and the Supreme Court has recognized, that NCAA member schools and conferences are best positioned to strengthen and revise their […]
A judge has ruled against the NCAA in a federal antitrust case, opening door for players to receive more compensation. On Friday night US District Judge Claudia Wilken said that the NCAA cannot “limit compensation or benefits related to education” for athletes playing Division I men’s or women’s basketball or Bowl Subdivision football. Wilken said […]
The NCAA will face a Hawaii antitrust suit over its decertification of the 2003 Seattle Bowl, the Hawaii Supreme Court decided. Aloha Sports showed the NCAA’s allegedly anticompetitive behavior could negatively affect the Bowl market and it was harmed by that behavior, the November 20 opinion by Justice Richard Pollack stated. Aloha Sports sponsored the […]
In response to a California judge’s tentative ruling that show-cause order provisions in the NCAA by laws violate California law, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott filed a written declaration stating his belief that the ruling “would threaten the NCAA membership of the Pac-12’s California schools.” He based that belief on the premise that all NCAA member […]
Posted by Forbes The Economics Of Amateurism: Breaking Down The Latest Lawsuit Against The NCAA By Thomas Baker In what could prove to be a battle of economic experts, the NCAA is back in court and must once again defend its amateurism regulations from its own student-athletes. The current case is In Re: Grant-in-Aid Cap […]
A former UC Berkeley basketball player on Friday, September 7, accused the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of “exploiting” her by so severely limiting the scholarship money she received playing sports she often went hungry, in a federal bench trial in Oakland challenging the association’s caps on compensation to student athletes. According to Courthouse news, […]
College athletes are headed to federal court to take another shot at upending NCAA rules that prevent them from sharing in a multibillion-dollar college sports economy, reported the Wall Street Journal. A two-week trial that started Tuesday, September 4, aims to allow well-off schools and conferences to compete for highly prized athletes by offering cash […]
College athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school, reported USA Today. This rule provides a change to NCAA rules that have been the subject of student antitrust lawsuits. The NCAA Division I Council approved the change effective Oct. 15 on Wednesday. The council also […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network A Prelude to Jenkins v. NCAA: Amateurism, Antitrust Law, and the Role of Consumer Demand in a Proper Rule of Reason Analysis By Marc Edelman (Fordham University School of Law) Abstract: On September 30, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in O’Bannon […]
Last week in a lawsuit brought by student-athletes claiming that the value of their scholarships was anti-competitively capped by NCAA rules, the student-athletes sought approval of nearly US$45 million in attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs for class counsel. The request comes on the heels of a US$209 million settlement reached between the athletes, the NCAA, […]