If you’re a college athlete hoping to score some cash from your time on the basketball court or on the football field, you’re out of luck: a federal appeals court has decided against reconsidering its ruling striking down a plan to pay some NCAA athletes. [More]
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Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Plan That Would Pay College Football, Basketball Players
By 12.16.15
Federal Appeals Court Nixes Plan To Pay College Football, Basketball Stars
By 9.30.15
A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges are violating antitrust laws by profiting from student-athletes’ names and likenesses while these same students are forbidden from receiving any money. However, the same appeals panel struck down the lower court’s plan that would have allowed NCAA member schools to pay certain athletes up to $5,000 a year in deferred compensation. [More]
