Rise of the Roster Resistance: House v. NCAA’s Unwelcome Underdogs
[Excerpt] Time and again, over the last decade, the association invoked the voices and stories of walk-ons and nonrevenue sport participants to bolster its case that the “collegiate model” could only endure if it prevented college athletes from earning money from their skill. But now, with the NCAA having mostly abandoned those ramparts of the debate, these same athletes became an inconvenience to resolving three antitrust cases that have threatened the future of its commercial enterprise.
Highlights the NCAA’s hypocrisy and the Plaintiff’s attorneys’ conflicts of interest.