NCAA student athlete eligibility rules may have procompetitive benefits, US DOJ says
( June 3, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice told a federal judge that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s eligibility rules in college sports can have both anticompetitive effects and procompetitive benefits in the labor market for student-athletes. “Student-athletes benefit from the complementarity between their educations on and off the field, and while some student-athletes earn NIL compensation, for most student-athletes the quality of that educational experience is the most significant economic return they earn for their efforts. The Sherman Act’s rule of reason is sufficiently flexible to account for the various situations that different cases challenging eligibility rules in college sports can present,” the agency argued. See attached file. ...
Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today
MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term.
Know what others in the room don’t, with features including:
- Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&A, Trade, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, AI and more
- Custom alerts on specific filters including geographies, industries, topics and companies to suit your practice needs
- Predictive analysis from expert journalists across North America, the UK and Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific
- Curated case files bringing together news, analysis and source documents in a single timeline
Experience MLex today with a 14-day free trial.