NCAA Faces Lawsuit Over Prize-Money Restrictions for College Athletes
The lawsuit, led by UNC tennis player Reese Brantmeier, challenges the NCAA's rules on prize money for athletes, arguing they are arbitrary and restrict earnings from individual sports.
- Reese Brantmeier, a top women's tennis player at UNC, has filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA over its prize-money restrictions, seeking to allow athletes to retain earnings from individual sports.
- The current NCAA rules prohibit college athletes from accepting prize money from events like the U.S. Open, forcing Brantmeier to forfeit over $48,913 in winnings.
- Brantmeier's lawsuit claims the NCAA's restrictions are arbitrary, especially in light of NIL policies that allow athletes to earn money for their name, image, and likeness.
- The lawsuit seeks class-action status and aims to strike down the NCAA's prize money rules, arguing they unfairly target athletes in individual sports.
- The legal challenge is part of a broader movement against the NCAA's compensation and mobility restrictions, questioning the association's notion of 'amateurism.'
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