The Supreme Court rules 9-0 against the NCAA in one of the most significant college cases ever (College Basketball 06/21)
Eye On College Basketball
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🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander offer their insights and opinions on what Monday's huge news means. The Supreme Court returned its opinion on the NCAA v. Alston case, ruling 9-0 in favor of Alston, which equates to a win for college athletes everywhere. While the case did not tie to paying players, the Court did send a message to the NCAA that its current definition of amateurism falls outside of antitrust laws. It's a huge day for the future of collegiate athletics.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Parish. It's Monday, June 21, 2021. Welcome back to the CBS Sports |
| 0:07.9 | I own college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss Kamil fighting Doodlebirds |
| 0:12.8 | and Leaky Black Mendenorlander is here with me and big, big but unsurprising but definitely |
| 0:18.1 | big news from the Supreme Court of the United States this morning. It ruled on the NCAA |
| 0:23.6 | Austin case and it ruled unanimously against the NCAA 9-0 in what is the latest |
| 0:29.9 | blow to the governing body's strict and outdated rules. Deadleg, for folks who don't follow |
| 0:36.5 | this closely, please explain in the simplest of ways what today's ruling does and does |
| 0:43.1 | not mean. Well, as it may come as a surprise to some, I am not a legal expert. I believe |
| 0:48.8 | you might be, but I am not. I definitely am. You are and you're also a doctor. You're |
| 0:52.8 | a doctor, right? I'm a doctor. I'm a legal expert and a rising star in the field of |
| 1:00.6 | meteorology. Okay, there we go. He did. You were on the weather channel like three years |
| 1:05.6 | ago, right? That's what that's the reference to. Yeah, I mean, you know, I'm more of a plateaued |
| 1:10.1 | star at this point when it comes to the field of meteorology, but there was a time where |
| 1:14.2 | I was I was rising. I appeared on the weather channel. Plateau might be generous, but we'll |
| 1:20.2 | ride with that. Alright, so here's what I'm a fallen star. Okay, there we go. Here's |
| 1:25.1 | what today in essence, as I can gather, having read much of this opinion and having, you |
| 1:34.7 | know, gathered the opinions of people who are legal experts. So the NCAA, the Austin |
| 1:40.9 | case is not about paying players. It's not about name, image, and likeness rights. It |
| 1:47.6 | is about this idea that college athletes at any level with any sport should be allowed |
| 1:55.5 | the same exact educational related benefits and allowances tied to the schools that they |
| 2:01.9 | go to as any other student that goes there, you know, the very idea of amateurism and why |
| 2:08.9 | we've dedicated columns and podcasts. And this has become, you know, such a hot button |
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