Post by bulkey on Mar 30, 2021 8:49:49 GMT -5
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In an antitrust clash set for argument Wednesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association will ask the justices to overturn a ruling that would let member schools offer student-athletes more in the way of education-related compensation.
The case promises to produce the biggest Supreme Court ruling in decades for the NCAA, which is seeking to shield its rules from tough antitrust scrutiny and preserve what it sees as the amateur nature of college sports.
“This is a big one, and it goes to the heart of amateurism,” said Elizabeth McCurrach, a lawyer at BakerHostetler in New York who focuses on sports law.
The NCAA and its biggest conferences are battling college football and basketball players who got a partial victory after they sued to let schools start paying athletes. A federal judge in California said the NCAA didn’t need its limits on education-related benefits, such as computers and internships, to accomplish its professed goal of preserving college sports as a distinct product.
Biden admin. is backing the athletes
In an antitrust clash set for argument Wednesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association will ask the justices to overturn a ruling that would let member schools offer student-athletes more in the way of education-related compensation.
The case promises to produce the biggest Supreme Court ruling in decades for the NCAA, which is seeking to shield its rules from tough antitrust scrutiny and preserve what it sees as the amateur nature of college sports.
“This is a big one, and it goes to the heart of amateurism,” said Elizabeth McCurrach, a lawyer at BakerHostetler in New York who focuses on sports law.
The NCAA and its biggest conferences are battling college football and basketball players who got a partial victory after they sued to let schools start paying athletes. A federal judge in California said the NCAA didn’t need its limits on education-related benefits, such as computers and internships, to accomplish its professed goal of preserving college sports as a distinct product.
Biden admin. is backing the athletes