College Athletes Secure Class Status in NCAA Antitrust Suit (1)

College athletes won class action status in a lawsuit accusing the National Collegiate Athletic Association of denying them compensation for use of their likeness, leaving the organization and its member conferences facing damages of up to $4.5 billion.

Judge Claudia Wilken of the US District Court for the Northern District of California late last week granted class status to at least 184,000 college athletes in various categories, allowing the case to move forward. Plaintiffs Grant House and Sedona Prince, Division I student-athletes, sued the NCAA and its top conferences in 2020, arguing the organization violated Section 1 of the Sherman ...