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When the NCAA Met the Supreme Court...

Advisory Opinions

The Dispatch

News, Government, Politics

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

As the Houston Cougars and Baylor Bears prepare for their Final Four faceoff this Saturday, our podcast hosts break down Wednesday’s Supreme Court arguments for National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, a case that will determine whether the NCAA’s rules restricting student athlete compensation violate federal antitrust law. Stick around to hear David and Sarah chat about developments in qualified immunity law, how nondisclosure agreements hide sex abuse scandals, and a new civil lawsuit brought by two U.S. Capitol Police officers against Donald Trump. Show Notes: -Supreme Court oral arguments for National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston. -Taylor v. Riojas. -Florida v. Georgia. -“The Supreme Court Is Giving Lower Courts a Subtle Hint to Rein In Police Misconduct” by Joanna Schwartz in The Atlantic. -Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics. -Facebook Inc. v. Duguid. -French Press: ‘They Aren’t Who You Think They Are’ by David French in The Dispatch. -James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby v. Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You ready?

0:02.0

I was born ready.

0:04.0

Welcome to the advisory opinions podcast by popular demand, Sarah, and actually by our demand,

0:29.2

we're going to begin this podcast by launching into a discussion of one of the more malevolent

0:36.5

forces in modern life.

0:39.7

I mean, you know, there's like Saruman and Lord of the Rings and his Eurokai and then

0:44.2

there's like the Night King and his army of Isis zombies.

0:48.5

And then there's the NCAA.

0:51.2

You know what David?

0:52.8

After the argument, I, I, Seth Waxman didn't win me over to him winning, but he won me over

0:59.2

to a more narrow ruling than I think I entered into the argument with.

1:04.6

We'll have to deal with your conclusion during this podcast because the NCAA, no, okay,

1:12.7

I'm just going to save it for when we get there, which will be in just a moment, but we're

1:16.6

going to talk about the NCAA.

1:18.5

We're going to talk about, we're going to talk about lots of stuff I don't like, Sarah.

1:22.8

We're going to talk about the NCAA.

1:24.9

We're going to talk about qualified immunity, developments in qualified immunity that are

1:29.9

interesting.

1:31.9

And we're also going to talk about non-disclosure agreements.

1:36.2

And we're going to talk about a lawsuit against Donald Trump that I don't think it's much

1:44.7

of a chance really, but is worth talking about anyway.

1:51.4

But let's just go ahead and start with the NCAA, shall we?

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