NCAA Lawsuit
At issue is the NCAA's policy of not including school supplies, recommended text books, laundry expenses, health and disability insurance, travel expenses and incidental expenses in its athletic scholarships. The lawsuit says that unfairly costs athletes an average of $2,500 a year, and since the suit represents all 11,500 Division I athletes, encompasses four years of school and antitrust suits allow for triple damages, we could be looking at the NCAA losing $344 million. The NCAA's annual budget is $465 million.
The NCAA's lawyer, of course, says schools can't afford to pay for all those extra things the lawsuit is saying should be covered
If it seems like I spend a lot of time in disagreement with the NCAA it's because the organization does a lot of stupid things. At some point it became unmoored from its mission and became a lot of things to a lot of different people. It pushed aside serious topics or found stopgap solutions instead of serious remedies. Eventually there's a price to be paid, as this lawsuit was inevitable. I'm sure more will follow, particularly if this one is successful.






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