Antitrust Suit Targeting the NCAA’s Standard Scholarship Package
Check out this entry on Truth on the Market about another antitrust suit against the NCAA. The claim is based
on the theory that the NCAA has illegally conspired to prohibit member colleges from offering athletic scholarships covering the “full cost” of attendance. Apparently, the NCAA fixes a standard scholarship package, called “grant-in-aid,” which is approximately $2,500 less than the official cost of attendance.
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February 23rd, 2006 at 11:05 am
The original article (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2337810) contains this sentence: “Under antitrust law, any current scholarship athlete, as well as any player in the past four years, qualifies as a plaintiff.” Not to nit-pick but I really, really do not like this sentence. Changing “Under antitrust law” to “Under class action rules” would help but my real issue is with “qualifies.” Creates a messy and misleading sentence.