NCAA Wins Again as Court Finds Transfer Rule Is ‘Presumptively Procompetitive’

A federal judge from the Southern District of Indiana has handed a victory to the NCAA in a case in which it was sued by a Division I football player, who claimed that the NCAA’s rule requiring him to sit out a year if he transfers to another Division I school violates antitrust laws.   In ruling for the NCAA, the court found that the transfer rule, as an eligibility bylaw, is presumptively procompetitive and thus does not violate Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.   Plaintiff P