Minneapolis law firm sues NCAA, claiming it violates anti-trust laws

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"The suit, from a prominent Minneapolis law firm that specializes in class-action cases, says that universities, the NCAA and its conferences have reaped billions of dollars from student athletes in violation of federal antitrust law. It contends that college football is a full-time job, but athletic scholarships and other grants-in-aid fall far short of covering the full cost of attending school.

Brian Gudmundson and Charles Zimmerman, attorneys in the law firm of Zimmerman Reed, wrote that the student athletes are victims of “illegal price-fixing arrangements” in which any student who defies NCAA rules is forced out of athletics. They describe it as the equivalent of a nationwide illegal boycott and allege it constitutes a conspiracy."

http://www.startribune.com/local/270772621.html
 

Enjoy college sports while it lasts. It is clearly the NCAA's fault that no one else has created a minor league.

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RodentRampage said:
Enjoy college sports while it lasts. It is clearly the NCAA's fault that no one else has created a minor league.

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Going to be very interesting to see how all these different law suits shake out. Think it is clear the landscape of college athletics is going to look very different in the near future just hope that the change turns out to be a good thing and doesn't just end up destroying the entire system.

The lawyers smell blood in the water so would guess there will be more law suits coming as everyone tries to get a piece of the pie.
 

Different courts will have different opinions but the following Supreme Court opinion was quite clear that the NCAA does NOT violate anti-trust law:

The NCAA plays a critical role in the maintenance of a revered tradition of amateurism in college sports. There can be no question but that it needs ample latitude to play that role, or that the preservation of the student-athlete in higher education adds richness and diversity to intercollegiate athletics and is entirely consistent with the goals of the Sherman Act. But consistent with the Sherman Act, the role of the NCAA must be to preserve a tradition that might otherwise die; rules that restrict output are hardly consistent with this role. Today we hold only that the record supports the District Court's conclusion that by curtailing output and blunting the ability of member institutions to respond to consumer preference, the NCAA has restricted rather than enhanced the place of intercollegiate athletics in the Nation's life. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is Affirmed.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=468&invol=85
 

Lawyers? Trying to capitalize on a situation and make some money? Shocking!
 


MNVCGUY said:
Going to be very interesting to see how all these different law suits shake out. Think it is clear the landscape of college athletics is going to look very different in the near future just hope that the change turns out to be a good thing and doesn't just end up destroying the entire system.

The lawyers smell blood in the water so would guess there will be more law suits coming as everyone tries to get a piece of the pie.
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Perhaps their does need to be a players union so there can be someone to make agreements with, rather than many different individuals with their own demands.

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It would seem that this would also abolish D-III's non-scholarship status as well.

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Iceland12 said:
Lawyers? Trying to capitalize on a situation and make some money? Shocking!
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+1, Zimmerman Reed is trying to be first to issue a class action in this jurisdiction, so they can direct the flow of attorneys fees in the form of expenses and time billing. The plaintiff they name didn't play in the Big Ten, nor did his team play a team from the Big Ten while he was there (North Texas, 2009-2013)...
How can they have standing? How could he be harmed by the Big Ten? This is just strategic posturing. Whole issue needs to play out in the Supreme Court. Or else, congress can step in. They signed a guy who has minimal claims to injury from NIL, or the anti-trust issues.
 

Pompous Elitist said:
Different courts will have different opinions but the following Supreme Court opinion was quite clear that the NCAA does NOT violate anti-trust law:

The NCAA plays a critical role in the maintenance of a revered tradition of amateurism in college sports. There can be no question but that it needs ample latitude to play that role, or that the preservation of the student-athlete in higher education adds richness and diversity to intercollegiate athletics and is entirely consistent with the goals of the Sherman Act. But consistent with the Sherman Act, the role of the NCAA must be to preserve a tradition that might otherwise die; rules that restrict output are hardly consistent with this role. Today we hold only that the record supports the District Court's conclusion that by curtailing output and blunting the ability of member institutions to respond to consumer preference, the NCAA has restricted rather than enhanced the place of intercollegiate athletics in the Nation's life. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is Affirmed.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=468&invol=85
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Read Wilken. She called out the fake amateurism defense that doesn't exist anywhere in the law but in the NCAA's public relations department. Your side is losing. It will ultimately be shredded. It is a brave new world. Time to embrace it or leave it behind forever. False hope and waxing nostalgia will make you more bitter when the NCAA is finally eviscerated. You know the NCAA knows it will lose when it responds to a player's complaint (Napier) and grants more autonomy to the Big Five. Those moves were reactive actions due to weakness. They're toast.
 



Perhaps American Legion baseball players should be paid if rules forbidding players to be paid are going to be struck down.

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There are a number of minor and semi-pro leagues. They won't sign.people right out of high school, and I don't believe they have CBAs. Sue them too.

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