In a unanimous 9-0 decision handed down mid-Monday morning, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against the NCAA’s limits on education-related perks for college athletes in the case National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston et al. The decision upheld a lower court’s decision striking down education-related restrictions the NCAA had in place for student-athletes.
NEW: In a victory for college athletes, SCOTUS unanimously invalidates a portion of the NCAA's "amateurism" rules. The court says the NCAA can no longer bar colleges from providing athletes with education-related benefits such as free laptops or paid post-graduate internships.