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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 16, 2020

The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a landmark antitrust case against the NCAA in the spring. The case could upend the business model for college sports by allowing colleges to compensate student athletes, Politico reports. The court will hear an appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which affirmed a lower court decision that the NCAA’s limits on player compensation violate antitrust law. In asking for high court review, the NCAA accused lower courts of “judicial micromanagement” that would blur “the traditional line between college and professional athletes.”