TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 8, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti yesterday joined six other states in filing a federal antitrust lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), challenging the group's transfer eligibility rule. The rule requires college athletes who transfer between Division I schools to wait one year before competing in games, unless the NCAA waives the rule for a particular athlete. The NCAA began automatically exempting first-time transfers from the regulation in 2021, but has continued to enforce the rule for subsequent transfers and to deny waivers. The lawsuit alleges the rule restrains college athletes’ ability to market their labor and control their education. Read the full press release.