The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a dispute over whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules on student athlete compensation violate antitrust …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a dispute over whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules on student athlete compensation violate antitrust law, a potentially landmark case that could reshape collegiate sports. The court will consider the NCAA’s appeal from lower court rulings that found the association’s limits on non-cash benefits for education-related expenses like computers, study-abroad programs and graduate school tuition were invalid. In its request for appeal, the NCAA told the justices that if the rulings below were allowed to stand, it would “fundamentally transform” the nature of college athletics by “blurring the traditional line between college and professional athletes.
