SCOTUS vs NCAA

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LU808
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SCOTUS vs NCAA

Post by LU808 » Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:28 pm

Anyone want to decipher how this 9-0 ruling will impact college sorts going forward?

“Everyone agrees that the NCAA can require student athletes to be enrolled students in good standing. But the NCAA’s business model of using unpaid student athletes to generate billions of dollars in revenue for the colleges raises serious questions under the antitrust laws. In particular, it is highly questionable whether the NCAA and its member colleges can justify not paying student athletes a fair share of the revenues on the circular theory that the defining characteristic of college sports is that the colleges do not pay student athletes. And if that asserted justification is unavailing, it is not clear how the NCAA can legally defend its remaining compensation rules,” he said.

“But those traditions alone cannot justify the NCAA’s decision to build a massive money-raising enterprise on the backs of student athletes who are not fairly compensated. Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate. And under ordinary principles of antitrust law, it is not evident why college sports should be any different. The NCAA is not above the law,” he said.

My guess is it will take a year or more to sort itself out at the ground level.


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Re: SCOTUS vs NCAA

Post by TMH » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:23 pm

JDA gave a pretty good interpretation IMO in the wrestling thread.

As you say..this will take a while to sort itself out. It does not appear to be blank check but colleges will find ways to abuse it IMO.
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