The National Collegiate Athletic Association and five top conferences are a “cartel” that generates billions of dollars in revenue and illegally caps the pay of student athletes, a group of football and basketball players claim in a lawsuit that seeks to reshape college sports.

Tagged with: NCAA

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided May 21 that the First Amendment does not bar the lawsuit of a former Rutgers quarterback who claims that EA Sports used his likeness without permission in the immensely popular “NCAA Football” series of video games.

Tagged with: First Amendment NCAA

The lawsuit brought by Governor Tom Corbett failed to show a violation of federal antitrust law, U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane said Thursday in her decision throwing out the case.

Tagged with: NCAA