MCKINNEY et al v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

  1. September 23, 2024

    NCAA Gets HBCU Race Bias Suit Tossed, For Now

    An Indiana federal judge has granted the NCAA's motion to dismiss a lawsuit from a basketball player who claims the organization's academic program is discriminatory, but left the door open for an amended complaint.

  2. July 22, 2024

    Transfer To D-II Should End HBCU Race Bias Suit, NCAA Says

    The basketball player claiming that the NCAA's Academic Performance Program discriminates against historically Black colleges and universities is no longer harmed by the program after transferring to a lower-division college, the NCAA has argued to an Indiana federal court.

  3. November 06, 2023

    Grambling Hooper Sharpens Attack Against NCAA Program

    A Grambling State University basketball player has urged an Indiana federal judge not to throw out her proposed race bias class action targeting the NCAA's Academic Performance Program, accusing the organization of reading her complaint too narrowly in an attempt to escape the suit.

  4. October 16, 2023

    NCAA Blasts Empty Allegations In Bid To Toss Race Bias Suit

    The NCAA wants an Indiana federal race bias lawsuit linked to its Academic Performance Program tossed, saying it lacks any standing because the plaintiff cannot sue for something that has never happened to her based on the belief it may occur in the future.

  5. August 07, 2023

    NCAA Hit With Another Proposed Class Action Race Bias Suit

    A new suit filed against the NCAA has again alleged that its Academic Performance Program disproportionately penalizes student-athletes at historically Black colleges and universities, with a current HBCU student claiming that the association has "a long history of discriminating against Black student-athletes" through the implementation of "its so-called academic reforms."