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

  1. October 02, 2017

    NCAA Says O'Bannon Thwarts Quick Win Bid In Antitrust Row

    The Ninth Circuit's September 2015 O'Bannon decision precludes players' claims in multidistrict litigation against the NCAA and nearly a dozen athletic conferences over allegedly anti-competitive caps on scholarships, the association argued in California federal court Friday, urging the court to grant its summary judgment motion over the players'.

  2. September 07, 2017

    NCAA Athletes Seek $45M In Fees, Costs For Grant-In-Aid Deal

    Student-athletes in a lawsuit against the NCAA and 11 athletic conferences over allegedly anti-competitive caps on scholarships asked a California federal judge Wednesday to approve nearly $45 million in attorneys' fees, expenses and costs for class counsel stemming from a $209 million settlement reached in March.

  3. August 14, 2017

    Players Say NCAA 'Amateurism' Is No Defense For Antitrust

    College football and basketball players challenging the NCAA's rules against players' being compensated beyond school attendance costs laid out their case Friday to a California federal judge, ripping the NCAA's dedication to "amateurism" in college athletics as an invalid defense to the anti-competitive limits on compensation.

  4. August 10, 2017

    NCAA Pay Case Pushes Limits Of Courts As Reform Vehicle

    Long-running litigation against the NCAA over rules prohibiting college football and basketball players from receiving compensation beyond scholarships is raising questions about whether it makes sense to use antitrust law as a means to reform college athletics, attorneys said at an American Bar Association conference Thursday.

  5. March 21, 2017

    NCAA's $209M Antitrust Deal Gets OK After Fixes

    The NCAA and 11 athletic conferences sued by student-athletes in antitrust suits over caps on scholarships on Tuesday won preliminary approval for a nearly $209 million deal on monetary claims after tacking on revisions that excluded claims in certain other athletes' suits and modified class definitions.

  6. March 06, 2017

    Ex-USC Athlete Wants Labor Claims Out Of Grant-In-Aid Deal

    A former University of Southern California linebacker told a California federal court Thursday that the NCAA and college athletes, which reached a $208.7 million settlement to end certain antitrust claims contesting scholarship caps, have "no business" settling other potential labor law claims, arguing they should follow his proposal to add an express carve-out in the settlement agreement.

  7. February 24, 2017

    NCAA Athletes Denied Docs On Pac-12 ESports Competitions

    A California magistrate judge has denied student-athletes' request for the PAC-12 conference's documents on eSports competition between its member schools, finding that the documents are tangential to the fight over the NCAA's caps on athlete scholarships.

  8. February 15, 2017

    Ex-USC Athlete Objects To $209M Deal In Grant-In-Aid MDL

    A former University of Southern California linebacker objected Tuesday to a proposed $208.7 million deal to settle monetary claims in the antitrust suits contesting the NCAA's caps on athlete scholarships, arguing in California federal court that the settlement releases state labor law claims that weren't even covered in the litigation.

  9. February 06, 2017

    NCAA, Conferences Reach $209M Deal In Grant-In-Aid MDL

    The NCAA and 11 conferences sued by student-athletes in antitrust suits contesting caps on scholarships have reached a $208.7 million deal to settle monetary claims in the multidistrict litigation, according to documents filed Friday in a California federal court.

  10. December 08, 2016

    NCAA Conf. Wants Testimony Limited In Grant-In-Aid Row

    The Mid-American Conference, a Division I college athletics conference, is seeking to limit the scope of deposition testimony over its finances sought in one of the main cases in the multidistrict grant-in-aid NCAA antitrust litigation over student-athlete compensation, according to court documents filed Wednesday.