TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 22, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday unanimously ruled that the NCAA cannot restrict education-related benefits for college athletes, the Associated Press reports. The justices agreed that the NCAA’s limitations on the benefits that colleges can offer athletes who play Division I basketball and football violate antitrust laws. Schools may now further compete for talent by offering a variety of education-related benefits, like computers and paid internships. The ruling was narrow, however, in that it did not determine whether college sports stars can simply be paid salaries for the benefits their efforts bring to universities. Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Monday wrote about the “serious questions” that exist on whether the NCAA’s other restrictions on compensating athletes can stand. “Traditions alone cannot justify the NCAA’s decision to build a massive money-raising enterprise on the backs of student athletes who are not fairly compensated,” he wrote.