Supreme Court rules unanimously against NCAA in amateurism case
Yahoo Sports College Sports Insider Dan Wetzel explains what the Supreme Court’s ruling means for the future of “amateurism” and how it may be yet another step toward players being paid to play college athletics.
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DAN WETZEL: On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against the NCAA in a case that will have little impact on how college athletics works immediately, but could prove seismic in the years to come. The decision did not address whether college athletes should be paid. It did provide for additional educational expenses, things like laptops, scientific equipment, internships. These are modest changes. Very few people will notice them.
However, by ruling decisively against the NCAA's argument about amateurism and rejecting the idea that fans would no longer support these teams if there is any kind of a professional model to it, the NCAA is now open to future litigation. That's what could open the door to a more full throttle push for pay to play for college athletes. And that could have major impacts on not just their lives, but how budgets work at college athletic departments, competitive balance, even how many teams a university chooses to field.
We'll see. That's to come. Today is what might be called as a significant defeat for the NCAA, even if the immediate losses are fairly minimal. Dan Wetzel, Yahoo Sports.
