NCAA can claim victory after losing federal antitrust case.
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"Technically the plaintiffs won the case and the NCAA will not be happy that they were found to be in violation of antitrust law, but ultimately this allows the NCAA to keep the bulk of their amateurism rules in place," said Gabe Feldman director of the Tulane University sports law program.The plaintiffs in the so-called Alston cases were seeking much more.
Plaintiffs argued the NCAA illegally restricts schools from compensating football and men's and women's basketball players beyond what is traditionally covered by a scholarship. That includes tuition, room and board and books, plus a cost-of-attendance stipend to cover incidentals such as travel.
"The court's decision recognizes that college sports should be played by student-athletes, not by paid professionals," NCAA chief legal counsel Donald Remy said in a statement."The decision acknowledges that the popularity of college sports stems in part from the fact that these athletes are indeed students, who must not be paid unlimited cash sums unrelated to education.
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