The Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects NCAA Limits On Athlete Compensation

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🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Supreme Court unanimously sided with college athletes in their challenge to NCAA compensation rules. The court's ruling was narrow, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh seemed open to going further saying, "the NCAA's business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in America."

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and senior political editor and correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:41.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
0:46.0	I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:49.0	And I'm Dominic O'monton, our Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:53.0	And the Supreme Court has issued a narrow but potentially transformative ruling this morning that could reshape college athletics.
1:02.0	This is a case that we talked about on the podcast a few months ago.
1:07.0	Now there is a decision. It will allow for student athletes to receive education-related payments.
1:15.0	It is a multi-billion dollar industry college sports, and some more of that money will potentially go to the people playing those sports.
1:26.0	So, Carrie, can you describe what the actual case was here?
1:30.0	Sure, the lead plaintiffs were a former running back at the football program at West Virginia University,
1:36.0	and a former center from the University of California's basketball team. In this case, basically pits the revered tradition of college sports against student athletes' ability to get fair compensation for their performance.
1:51.0	As you pointed out, college sports is a massive business, and the Supreme Court has been really wary of blurring the line between college sports and professional sports.
2:00.0	But basically, the courts said today the NCAA is not immune from antitrust lawsuits.
2:06.0	Well, and I think arguably, Dmitico, that line between professional sports and college sports has been blurring for years, decades.
2:15.0	Well, yeah, I mean, this is a fight that athletes have been having for decades. I mean, it's gone back at least a quarter century, where it's really gained some momentum and some steam,
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