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IN RE: NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ATHLETIC GRANT-IN-AID CAP ANTITRUST LITIGATION

  1. September 21, 2018

    Judge Probes NCAA VP On Athlete Pay Rules At Trial

    A California federal judge on Friday repeatedly questioned an NCAA vice president on the specifics of its pay rules during a landmark antitrust trial over the association's limits on student compensation, pointing to apparent discrepancies between financial aid limits the NCAA has imposed on its various conferences.

  2. September 20, 2018

    OSU Exec Defends Amateurism Amid Coach Salary Scrutiny

    Ohio State University athletic director Eugene Smith defended NCAA rules limiting student compensation during a landmark antitrust trial Thursday in California federal court, testifying that paying athletes would force the department to cut certain sports, while conceding that the school's coaches collectively earn more than $30 million in salaries and benefits annually.

  3. September 18, 2018

    Pac-12 Leader Defends $4.5M Salary At NCAA Antitrust Trial

    Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott defended his $4.5 million annual salary Tuesday during a landmark antitrust trial over the NCAA's limits on student compensation, while also warning that paying student-athletes would confuse fans and broadcasters about amateur sports and disrupt the makeup of college athletic conferences.

  4. September 17, 2018

    U. Of Wis. Head Says Sports Program At Risk If Athletes Paid

    The University of Wisconsin-Madison could drop its athletics program if it has to start paying student-athletes, the head of the university told a federal judge Monday at a landmark antitrust trial over the NCAA's limits on compensation, while an American Athletic Conference commissioner warned that such payments "would intrude on college sports."

  5. September 07, 2018

    NCAA Exploits Students, Athletes Testify At Antitrust Trial

    Three former college athletes testified Friday in a landmark California federal bench trial over allegations the NCAA's pay caps violate antitrust laws, saying the NCAA exploited them by pushing them to prioritize athletics over academics while providing meager scholarships that left them hungry, without year-round housing and asking their families for money. 

  6. September 06, 2018

    NCAA's Experts Defend Athlete Pay Restrictions At Trial

    Two economists paid by the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Thursday defended rules restricting student-athlete pay in a California federal bench trial over allegations the NCAA's grant-in-aid caps violate antitrust laws, with one testifying that removing the rules would degrade amateur sports as a product.

  7. September 05, 2018

    Stanford Economist Rips NCAA's Pay Rules At Antitrust Trial

    A Stanford University sports economist criticized the NCAA's rules restricting student-athlete pay on Wednesday in a California federal bench trial over allegations the NCAA's grant-in-aid caps violate antitrust laws, saying college basketball and football is not a "fragile enterprise dependent on how much players get paid."

  8. September 04, 2018

    NCAA Antitrust Bench Trial Over Athlete Pay Kicks Off

    A California federal bench trial over allegations that the National Collegiate Athletic Association prevents student-athletes from being paid beyond their scholarships kicked off Tuesday, with a sports economist testifying that the case isn't complicated and that athletes' pay is being illegally capped by a "monopolistic cartel" of 353 schools.

  9. August 31, 2018

    NCAA Amateur System Under Scrutiny In Landmark Trial

    A California federal judge will again tackle on Tuesday the NCAA’s rules capping what players can be paid to play college sports in a long-running case brought by groups of college football and basketball players. The players are seeking to create an open market for schools to compete for the top recruits, giving the trial the potential to completely upend college athletics. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the case and the arguments for both sides in advance of the bench trial.

  10. August 29, 2018

    NCAA Says America East Commish Should Not Testify

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association and major college sports conferences said there is no way to make the commissioner of the America East Conference, who made statements suggesting that paying college athletes might not harm smaller schools, sit for a deposition just days ahead of a trial in an antitrust action challenging limits on college athlete benefits.

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