October 15, 2020
The NCAA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that struck down rules restricting education-related pay and benefits for college athletes, arguing that the ruling blurs "the line between college and professional athletes" and that it should have more leeway to enforce rules to maintain amateurism in college sports.
September 04, 2020
The NCAA sent shockwaves across college sports earlier this year when it agreed to change longstanding rules blocking athletes from earning money from sponsorship and endorsement deals, a new dynamic that could make it harder for the organization to defend its amateurism system in the courts.
August 04, 2020
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday denied the NCAA's bid to pause an order striking down rules that limited the education-related benefits schools may offer athletes, following the organization's bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court take up the case.
July 24, 2020
The NCAA told the Ninth Circuit that its petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking for a review of the latest antitrust decision uncapping college athletes' education-related benefits is different from the O'Bannon case the high court declined, arguing that the latest decision should be halted.
July 07, 2020
The NCAA has told the Ninth Circuit it intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a recent ruling in an antitrust case that struck down caps to education-related benefits for college athletes, saying it "opens the door to massive cash payments."
May 22, 2020
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling allowing colleges to provide athletes with more education-related benefits could set the stage for future litigation seeking to further loosen limits on compensation, as the NCAA moves forward with its own reforms.
May 18, 2020
The Ninth Circuit said Monday that a California judge properly threaded the needle in an antitrust lawsuit over whether the NCAA may cap benefits schools offer college athletes, upholding a ruling that struck down NCAA rules blocking benefits tied to education but kept in place others meant to stop athletes from being treated like professionals.
March 09, 2020
College athletes and the NCAA squared off before the Ninth Circuit Monday in dueling appeals challenging an order that scrapped NCAA caps on education-related expenses but kept other restrictions in place, with the NCAA arguing that the order will lead to unlimited "lavish" benefits and undermine college athletics.
February 13, 2020
College football and basketball players challenging the NCAA's amateurism rules as unlawful restraints under antitrust law told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court had it right when it determined that the rules are anticompetitive, but should have struck them down entirely instead of preserving most of the system.
January 07, 2020
With California spearheading a push to allow college athletes to be paid for sponsorships and endorsements, the Ninth Circuit is asking the NCAA and a group of athletes battling in an antitrust case over NCAA rules against paying athletes to weigh in on how a new Golden State law affects the litigation.