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

  1. October 25, 2016

    Athletes, NCAA Say Wage Suit Not Related To Antitrust Row

    Student-athletes alleging NCAA caps on athlete compensation violate antitrust laws, the NCAA itself and the Pac-12 conference asked a California federal court Monday not to yoke a lawsuit over employee classification of student-athletes to the antitrust suit, saying the legal questions involved are too unrelated.

  2. September 16, 2016

    NCAA To Hand Over Docs On TV Deals With CBS, Turner

    The NCAA will hand over documents related to its 2010 deal with CBS and Turner to broadcast the NCAA men's basketball tournament to plaintiffs challenging the NCAA's caps on student-athlete compensation, according to a stipulated order Friday coming after all five major collegiate athletic conferences similarly agreed to disclose their lucrative television deals.

  3. August 29, 2016

    NCAA Says Damages Class Bid Fails In Grant-In-Aid MDL

    The NCAA on Friday hit back against a bid for class certification in California federal court, saying the circumstances surrounding a group of student-athletes looking to recover damages related to a rule change governing how much aid they received are too different from each other.

  4. August 12, 2016

    College Conferences Must Reveal TV Deals In Athletes' MDL

    The collegiate athletic conferences wrapped up in antitrust litigation targeting NCAA caps on athlete compensation and sports broadcasting companies will turn over documents on their lucrative media deals, according to an order entered Thursday in California federal court.

  5. July 11, 2016

    Conferences Say Deal Docs Irrelevant To Grant-In-Aid MDL

    Collegiate athletic conferences on Friday told a California federal court they should not have to turn over documents on lucrative media deals in an antitrust lawsuit targeting NCAA caps on student-athlete compensation, saying the contracts are confidential and not relevant to the case.

  6. July 08, 2016

    Media Giants Fight Bid For Docs In NCAA Athlete Antitrust Suit

    Fox Broadcasting Co. and three other major media companies asked a California federal judge Friday not to force them to produce their broadcast deals with NCAA conferences in a college athlete compensation suit, arguing that disclosing the information would disadvantage them in future deal negotiations.

  7. June 13, 2016

    College Conferences Failing To Share Docs, Athletes Say

    Student-athletes challenging the NCAA’s rules capping their compensation packages from schools told a California federal court Monday that several major collegiate athletic conferences are reluctant to share documents concerning lucrative television contracts, calling out the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast conferences for refusing to even discuss the document requests.

  8. May 19, 2016

    NCAA On Offensive In Seeking O'Bannon Review Despite Win

    Though many saw the Ninth Circuit's O'Bannon decision as a win for the NCAA, the intercollegiate athletics body has gone on the offensive and joined the former player plaintiffs in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look at a part of the ruling some experts say could cause problems for the organization.

  9. May 19, 2016

    Student-Athletes Reach Deal With SEC Over TV Contract Docs

    Student-athletes challenging NCAA rules that cap compensation at the cost of attendance and the Southeastern Conference asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to approve an agreement partially settling a discovery dispute over broadcast contracts and other financial documents that has been a major hurdle in the multidistrict litigation. 

  10. May 17, 2016

    NCAA Says O'Bannon Resolved Athlete Pay Cap Claims

    The NCAA asked a California federal judge to get rid of antitrust claims in multidistrict litigation that take aim at the organization's rules capping student-athlete compensation at cost of attendance, arguing Monday that the courts already decided those issues in the O'Bannon case.