Supreme Court justices challenge NCAA amateurism in historic oral argument

By Michael McCann, Sportico: The U.S. Supreme Court held the oral argument for NCAA v. Alston on Wednesday. It did not go well for the NCAA. The six conservative justices, along with Justice Elena Kagan, were openly antagonistic to the college sports model where schools agree to not pay the athletes.

They appeared to view this model as violating federal antitrust law, which makes it illegal for competing businesses (including colleges) to price fix and limit how they compete.

SCOTUS Justices Challenge NCAA Amateurism in Historic Oral Argument

NCAA attorney Seth Waxman faced a hostile bench at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in oral argument for NCAA v. Alston.

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