SI.com · Mar 9, 2019
Federal Judge Rules NCAA Cannot Limit Compensation, Benefits 'Related to Education'
A federal judge ruled Friday night that the NCAA cannot limit compensation or benefits for student athletes that are "related to education."
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's ruling stated that the NCAA is "permanently restrained and enjoyed from agreeing to fix or limit compensation or benefits related to education” from conferences or schools for any athletes playing Division I men’s or women’s basketball or Bowl Subdivision football. Wilken is the same judge who ruled in the Ed O'Bannon antitrust lawsuit in 2016 which found that the NCAA's limits on what college football and men's basketball players can receive for playing their respective sports "unreasonably restrain trade."
