{"id":569656,"date":"2021-06-21T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569656"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:36:38","slug":"student-athletes-notch-victory-in-high-court-on-road-to-full-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-athletes-notch-victory-in-high-court-on-road-to-full-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Athletes Notch Victory in High Court on Road to Full Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudent-athletes-notch-victory-in-high-court-on-road-to-full-compensation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569656&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1311030001-scaled-e1624299790969.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Monday said the National College Athletic Association cannot place limits on education-related benefits for student athletes, accelerating the athletes&#8217; effort to secure compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The decision abolishes limits on scholarships for graduate school, payments for tutoring, and post-eligibility internships worth tens of thousands of dollars, among other things. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court, which rejected arguments that restrictions are necessary to preserve amateurism in college sports.<\/p>\n<p>Current and former college athletes have pushed for the NCAA to compensate student players. Monday&#8217;s decision does not go that far, nor does it require colleges to offer remuneration for the use of athletes&#8217; images and likenesses. But the Court declined to give the NCAA a blanket exemption from antitrust laws, feeding future legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate solo opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh encouraged efforts to do away with the prevailing compensation ban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate. And under ordinary principles of antitrust law, it is not evident why college sports should be any different,&#8221; Kavanaugh wrote. &#8220;The NCAA is not above the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of current and former Division I football and basketball players filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA that broadly alleged the compensation ban violates antitrust laws.<\/p>\n<p>They notched a partial victory in federal trial court. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken found that cash payments for students could &#8220;blur the distinction between college sports and professional sports and thereby negatively affect consumer demand.&#8221; But she did strike limits on education-related benefits. Those restrictions, Wilken said, don&#8217;t collapse the distinction between professional sports and amateur athletics in the eyes of consumers. If anything, they &#8220;serve to emphasize that the recipients are students, and not professional athletes.&#8221; The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Wilken&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In the High Court, Gorsuch wrote that the justices saw no reason to second-guess the trial court.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Its judgment does not float on a sea of doubt but stands on firm ground\u2014an exhaustive factual record, a thoughtful legal analysis consistent with established antitrust principles, and a healthy dose of judicial humility,&#8221; Gorsuch wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Court also waved away fears that schools will try to smuggle lavish perks to athletes via education-related benefits. For example, the NCAA warned that a relaxed benefits regime might tempt a school to give luxury cars to students under the guise of a transportation subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the current decree, the NCAA is free to forbid in-kind benefits unrelated to a student&#8217;s actual education; nothing stops it from enforcing a \u2018no Lamborghini&#8217; rule,&#8221; Gorsuch wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Writing separately, Kavanaugh emphasized that the Court refused to recognize any special antitrust exemptions for the NCAA, a boon to student athletes in future cases.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absent legislation or a negotiated agreement between the NCAA and the student athletes, the NCAA&#8217;s remaining compensation rules should be subject to ordinary&#8221; antitrust rules, Kavanaugh wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Various legislative fixes are on offer in Congress. For example, Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.), who played college football at Stanford, is sponsoring a &#8220;College Athletes Bill of Rights&#8221; that provides for name and image remuneration, equitable compensation, and tighter health and safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA represents about 1,100 colleges and universities over three divisions, generating billions of dollars in revenue. Gorsuch noted the television contract for the NCAA&#8217;s March Madness tournament alone is worth over $1 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p>The case is No. 20-512 <em>NCAA<\/em> v. <em>Alston<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday said the National College Athletic Association cannot place limits on education-related benefits for student athletes, accelerating the athletes&#8217; effort to secure compensation. 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