NCAA Faces Student Athletic Award Cash Payments Antitrust Suit

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is facing an antitrust suit that alleges current and former students were deprived of academic awards worth thousands of dollars.

The NCAA allegedly price-fixed the compensation of players to exclude academic achievement awards in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which forbids activities that restrict trade, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in US District Court for the Northern District of California.

The plaintiffs are Chuba Hubbard, a former Oklahoma State University football player, and Keira McCarrell, a former track and field athlete at the University of Oregon and Auburn University. ...