Appeals, NCAA, Universities

Seventh Circuit Reverses Eligibility Win for NCAA Athlete Nyzier Fourqurean

Venable LLP on 7/22/2025

In a major victory for the NCAA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a district court's preliminary injunction giving University of Wisconsin defensive back Nyzier Fourqurean another year of...more

A “Deep Dive” on the House Settlement

Kaufman & Canoles on 7/16/2025

The House Settlement has arrived. Colleges, universities, and athletes are all scrambling to make sense of the settlement, figure out what it means for them, and position themselves to maximize their opportunities in the next...more

Film Room: NIL regulation and challenges to eligibility rules

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 2/12/2025

In this week’s Film Room, we contextualize news regarding potential future NIL regulation and flag developing legal challenges to eligibility rules. NIL Regulation and Enforcement The proposed House settlement includes...more

"Amateurism" Eroding: The Third Circuit Opens the Door to Employee Status for College Athletes Under the FLSA

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 7/19/2024

On July 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Johnson v. NCAA, No. 22-1223, (3d Cir. July 11, 2024) that college athletes may be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

Play for Pay Won’t Go Away: The NCAA Is Again Defending Antitrust Litigation Over Limits on Payments to Student Athletes

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/1/2018

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and 11 of its member conferences are on trial in In Re: National Collegiate Athletic Association Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation (4:14-md-2541) to defend against...more

Another Setback for Student Athletes … or Is It?

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 1/5/2017

On December 5, 2016, Berger v. National Collegiate Athletic Association brought a major setback for those advocating that “student athletes” deserve to be compensated for their contributions to the multi-billion-dollar...more

Title IX Implications of the O'Bannon Decision

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/28/2015

The recent federal appellate decision in O'Bannon v. NCAA may have profound implications for colleges obligated to ensure gender equity in athletics under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). In the...more

O’Bannon v. NCAA – A Split Decision by the Ninth Circuit

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 10/12/2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its highly anticipated decision in the O’Bannon case on September 30, 2015. This case was an appeal of the United States District Court for the Northern District...more

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Payments To College Athletes

Fisher Phillips on 10/1/2015

This morning, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the NCAA is subject to antitrust laws and that its payment rules are too restrictive in attempting to maintain amateurism. However, in what can only be deemed a...more

NCAA Play for Pay? Ninth Circuit Rules Antitrust Rule of Reason Does Not Require Payments for ‘Name, Image, or Likeness’

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/1/2015

On September 30, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that the amateurism rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violate federal antitrust laws. The Ninth Circuit panel...more

Ninth Circuit Rules on NCAA’s Appeal in O’Bannon

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 10/1/2015

After a lengthy discussion in which the Ninth Circuit ruled that the NCAA’s compensation rules are subject to scrutiny under antitrust laws, the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the District Court’s...more

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