September 24, 2021
Five universities are seeking to immediately appeal a Pennsylvania federal judge's ruling that allowed a proposed class of student athletes to sue for minimum wage pay, arguing Thursday that other courts have clearly held that college players are not employees.
September 22, 2021
A Pennsylvania federal judge dismissed a proposed wages class action Wednesday filed by college athletes against multiple universities but denied dismissal for the National Collegiate Athletic Association, saying the athletes plausibly alleged the regulatory body is their joint employer under the Third Circuit's four-factor "Enterprise test."
August 26, 2021
Several National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I colleges can't escape a proposed collective and class action by student athletes claiming they should be considered employees and therefore paid minimum wage, a Pennsylvania federal court has ruled, saying the schools hadn't shown the athletes weren't employees.
July 07, 2021
The National Collegiate Athletic Association told a Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday that its recent U.S. Supreme Court loss has no impact on a suit by college athletes seeking minimum wage because the justices only addressed education-related benefits.
April 07, 2020
A group of former college athletes at schools in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania federal court to greenlight a collective nationwide class of NCAA athletes in a suit alleging they are entitled to minimum wage under federal labor law.
March 10, 2020
The NCAA and several member schools have hit back against a sweeping FLSA collective action that seeks to classify all Division I athletes as employees subject to minimum wage requirements, calling it just another rehash of a legal strategy that's failed time and time again.
November 07, 2019
A former Villanova University football player has hit the NCAA with a sweeping lawsuit accusing the organization of skirting federal labor laws and demanding that all student athletes be paid at least minimum wage.