NCAA amateurism causes antitrust injury and damages to college athletes

What is it about?

I explain why the NCAA's arguments attempting to justify its "amateurism" restriction violates antitrust laws and has no pro-competitive justifications. I show that the data do not support the NCAA's claims that only a handful of schools "make money" from athletics. Rather, the overwhelming majority of Power 5 Conference schools earn millions in profits. I show how these profits could be allocated to individual athletes by offering an example of compensation to each player on the 2015 men's basketball NCAA Final Four teams. Finally, the article explains why an antitrust exemption for the NCAA would exacerbate, not ameliorate the current problems, and an alternative solution is offered.

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