An organization calling for reform of college sports has filed a complaint against the NCAA with the U.S. Department of Justice, accusing NCAA officials of violating antitrust laws by restricting compensation for athletes.
The NCPA is asking agencies to pursue civil and criminal liability against individuals who share responsibility for maintaining athlete compensation limits.
“NCAA sports is a predatory economic cartel that denies college players the freedom to use their talents and talents to make money without limits. It’s a freedom given to other Americans.”
For more than a decade, former UCLA footballer Huma and the NCPA have led college football and basketball players to receive a portion of the millions of dollars in sports-generated revenue. The NCPA was part of a failed attempt to unionize Northwestern University football players. Huma has testified before Congress many times.
Complaints do not warrant investigation by the department, but college sports and the NCAA continue to face legal and political pressure to lift the ban on paying athletes.
“This is just another way to attack the NCAA,” said Gabe Feldman, Tulane’s director of sports law, of the complaint to the DOJ.
Including Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s scathing concurring opinion, Huma quotes last year’s Supreme Court ruling in Alston’s 9-0 loss to the NCAA, stating “whether the remaining NCAA compensation rules are applicable. I have serious questions about.” pass. ”
The NCAA last year banned athletes from earning money through sponsorships or endorsement deals, allowing third parties to indemnify.
In the absence of detailed and uniform rules to regulate these name, image and likeness payments, college sports leaders have sought help from Congress in the form of federal legislation, but little progress has been made in Washington. there is not.
“There is no industry that visibly, loudly, and deliberately displays antitrust violations more visibly, loudly, and deliberately than the meetings and institutions of the NCAA and its members,” Huma said.
