July 28, 2022
A professor of athletic labor urged the Third Circuit to keep his amicus brief supporting a group of students challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association's position that college athletes aren't employees, saying he's offering a new perspective the court should consider.
July 26, 2022
The National Collegiate Athletic Association urged the Third Circuit to reject an amicus brief filed by a professor in support of a group of students challenging the organization's position that athletes are not owed pay, arguing that his brief did not adhere to the rules of appellate procedure.
July 15, 2022
The NCAA is trying to hide behind its tradition of amateurism to avoid paying athletes, a group of students said, urging a Third Circuit panel to reject the organization's arguments that a lower court erroneously allowed the athletes' pay suit to move forward.
June 08, 2022
A stadium's worth of college athletic and educational organizations have come out in support of the NCAA in its bid to reverse a Pennsylvania federal judge's finding that college athletes could be considered employees entitled to mandatory pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
June 01, 2022
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has urged the Third Circuit to reverse a Pennsylvania federal judge's finding that college athletes could be considered employees entitled to seek wages for their work, pointing to a Seventh Circuit decision that had gone the other way in 2016.
February 22, 2022
An appeals court case about whether college athletes should be considered school employees who are entitled to pay is the latest push to expand wage rights to workers who have been left out. Here, Law360 looks at three examples of these efforts.