Mr. Waxman?

Good morning, Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the court.

For more than 100 years, the distinct character of college sports has been that it's played by students who are amateurs.

Maintaining that distinct character is both pro-competitive because it differentiates from professional sports and can be achieved only

through agreement.

That's the lawyer for the NCAA, telling the Supreme Court of these United States what allegedly

makes college sports so special. the concept of amateurism.

But yesterday, in a landmark decision, the highest court in the land, ruled against the NCAA,

jeopardizing its ancient rules against paying college athletes, and its ancient

notion of college sports itself. Today, Jay Billis explains how we all got to this point,

and where we're headed next. I'm Pablo Torre. It's Tuesday, June 22nd.

This is ESPN Day.

Jay Bellas, I am so excited to talk to you today, of all days.

On a day you've been anticipating, I feel like,

for a while. Where were you when you heard about the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of the

NCAA versus Alston? I was on an airplane flying to Los Angeles when I saw the ruling and I read it

on the plane while I was being offered

some almonds by the flight attendant and read it. And really, Pablo couldn't believe it.

Jay Billis is an ESPN college basketball analyst and practicing attorney who's

criticized the NCAA's approach to paying players since he was a player

at Duke himself. Not just that it was a nine-nothing ass kicking by the Supreme Court of the

NCAA, but it went so far. The Supreme Court of the United States basically invited future

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