Smart et al v. NCAA

  1. March 25, 2025

    NCAA Baseball Coaches Ask Court To OK $49M Wage-Fix Deal

    A group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches has asked a California federal court to sign off on a proposed settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.25 million to roughly 1,000 coaches to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw.

  2. March 12, 2025

    NCAA Volunteer Coaches Get Class Cert. In Antitrust Fight

    A California federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of potentially thousands of former NCAA Division I volunteer coaches who allege the athletic organization's now-repealed bylaw illegally suppressed their wages in violation of antitrust laws, and the judge also refused to exclude the class's damages report by a Princeton University professor.

  3. February 03, 2025

    NCAA Settles College Baseball Coaches' Wage-Fix Suit

    The NCAA and a group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches have reached a settlement "in principle" to end a proposed antitrust class action that challenged the organization's since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw that prevented volunteer coaches from getting compensated market value for their services.

  4. November 04, 2024

    NCAA Baseball Coaches Seek Class Cert. In Wage-Fix Case

    Division I volunteer baseball coaches asked a California federal judge to certify their proposed antitrust class action challenging the NCAA's since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw that paid volunteer coaches nothing, which prevented them from getting compensated their market value for their services.

  5. July 28, 2023

    NCAA Can't Ax, Transfer Volunteer Coaches' Antitrust Suits

    A California federal judge has refused to toss or transfer proposed antitrust class actions by college volunteer coaches over the NCAA's now-defunct rules prohibiting Division I volunteer coaches from being paid, finding the claims are sufficiently pled and the NCAA hasn't shown litigating in California is inconvenient.

  6. May 10, 2023

    Calif. Judge Grants NCAA Delay On Wage-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday granted the NCAA's request to delay a hearing on its motion to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action filed by two college baseball coaches, ruling that it is "appropriate" to delay the case until it can be heard with a separate but related case.

  7. April 06, 2023

    'Volunteer' Baseball Coaches Defend NCAA Wage-Fixing Case

    A pair of former assistant college baseball coaches defended their case alleging that NCAA rules blocked them from earning salaries, contending the NCAA never learned its lesson from a case 25 years ago involving caps on coach pay.

  8. November 30, 2022

    NCAA Accused Of Wage Fixing By 'Volunteer' Coaches

    The National Collegiate Athletic Association was hit with a proposed antitrust class action on Tuesday alleging that the organization has conspired with member schools to illegally fix the number of assistant coaches Division I baseball teams may employ, thus setting compensation of additional "volunteer" coaches at zero.