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Education Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jul. 24, 2018

9th Circuit conference discusses litigious field around student athletes

As litigation pushing to broaden the financial rewards student athletes might receive while playing at the college level gains steam, a panel of lawyers and former players engaged in an impassioned debate on the issue at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ conference Monday, questioning the ethics of a multibillion-dollar industry that doesn’t pay the players who fans come to watch.

ANAHEIM -- As litigation pushing to broaden the financial rewards student-athletes might receive while playing at the college level gains steam, a panel of lawyers and former players engaged in an impassioned debate on the issue at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' conference Monday, questioning the ethics of a multibillion-dollar industry that doesn't pay the players who fans come to watch.

The discussion skirted legal questio...

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