A former college athlete has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA with Fisher’s buyout at the center. Lawsuits surrounding NIL: Name, image, and likeness deals are not rare for the NCAA, but this prospective lawsuit can significantly change the NCAA and college sports world.
Former Buffs RB Alex Fontenot has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Power Five conferences and NCAA, as Federal court records show. The suit is against the model that prohibits the athletes from receiving compensation from schools and leagues, as it violates antitrust law.
However, Fontenot pointed out that the big conferences are raking in millions of dollars from broadcast deals for college football and basketball, while none of the athletes see any of this money. “If that type of money can go to a fired coach, then surely the players on the team can be fairly compensated,” Fontenot believes.
The US District Court in Colorado mentioned the following points from the suit filed on Monday. “It focuses on the ever-increasing television revenue and other revenue brought in by these athletes’ labor, of which the athletes would be entitled to receive a substantial portion, but for the NCAA’s rules.”
The lawsuit also elaborates on the gigantic heights broadcasting rights have reached this year, and how the college football playoff revenues are also highly likely to reach new peaks in the upcoming time. It also seeks to certify a class of student-athletes with full athletic scholarships in football, men’s basketball, or women’s basketball at the top level for U.S. colleges.
It highlights that none of the revenue made from broadcasts is flowing towards the athletes. “But the current state of college athletics has put the proverbial nail in the coffin for the NCAA’s amateurism argument,” states the lawsuit. This has the potential to bring about a rather major change in the NCAA model.
https://www.essentiallysports.com/n...as-ex-colorado-rb-files-lawsuit-against-ncaa/
Former Buffs RB Alex Fontenot has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Power Five conferences and NCAA, as Federal court records show. The suit is against the model that prohibits the athletes from receiving compensation from schools and leagues, as it violates antitrust law.
However, Fontenot pointed out that the big conferences are raking in millions of dollars from broadcast deals for college football and basketball, while none of the athletes see any of this money. “If that type of money can go to a fired coach, then surely the players on the team can be fairly compensated,” Fontenot believes.
The US District Court in Colorado mentioned the following points from the suit filed on Monday. “It focuses on the ever-increasing television revenue and other revenue brought in by these athletes’ labor, of which the athletes would be entitled to receive a substantial portion, but for the NCAA’s rules.”
The lawsuit also elaborates on the gigantic heights broadcasting rights have reached this year, and how the college football playoff revenues are also highly likely to reach new peaks in the upcoming time. It also seeks to certify a class of student-athletes with full athletic scholarships in football, men’s basketball, or women’s basketball at the top level for U.S. colleges.
It highlights that none of the revenue made from broadcasts is flowing towards the athletes. “But the current state of college athletics has put the proverbial nail in the coffin for the NCAA’s amateurism argument,” states the lawsuit. This has the potential to bring about a rather major change in the NCAA model.
https://www.essentiallysports.com/n...as-ex-colorado-rb-files-lawsuit-against-ncaa/
