U.S. Supreme Court,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 5, 2021
Supreme Court needs to rethink NCAA ‘amateurism’
This term the U.S. Supreme Court will reconsider rulings finding the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s rules restricting its member conferences and schools from offering players compensation beyond athletic scholarships at cost of attendance unlawfully restrain trade by preventing conferences and schools from competing with each other for the student-athlete’s athletic services (and thereby violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act).
Maurice M. Suh
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Daniel L. Weiss
Associate
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Zathrina Z. Perez
Senior Associate
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
As the college football bowl season concludes and all eyes look toward March Madness, the debate concerning how student-athletes should be compensated for their close to 80 hours a week of training, practicing, performing and studying continues in living rooms, bars, and sports talk radio, and even in many state legislatures. On Dec. 16, the U.S. Supreme Court joined the fray by granting review in $95
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