It was a class action case that captured the attention of sports fans across the country: The United States Supreme Court agreed to tackle the issue of “amateurism” in collegiate sports, and the extent to which the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) could limit the education-related benefits that institutions of higher education within the NCAA umbrella could pay to student athletes without violating federal antitrust laws. In a unanimous June 21, 2021, decision in NCAA v. Alston, the Justices held that the NCAA restrictions at issue amounted to an unlawful restraint of trade.

In a recent blog post, Gregg E. Clifton, a Principal in the Phoenix office of Jackson Lewis and Co-Leader of the firm’s Collegiate and Professional Sports Practice Group, gives a detailed analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision, the sweeping view articulated by Justice Kavanaugh in his concurrence, and the larger context of the decision and its impact on college athletics.

Read Gregg’s analysis here.