The third time was the charm for student athletes bringing antitrust claims against the NCAA.
“As Schoolhouse Rock teaches, three is a magic number,” U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson in Indianapolis wrote in rejecting the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s attempt to dismiss antitrust claims brought on behalf of student athletes. The proposed class action claims that the NCAA’s rules limiting athletic scholarships create an illegal horizontal restraint under the U.S. Sherman Antitrust Act.
