Federal Court Favors NCAA in Antitrust Dispute over Scholarships

A federal judge from the Southern District of Indiana has granted the NCAA’s motion to dismiss in a case in which the association was accused of violating antitrust laws. The court found specifically that the plaintiffs failed to adequately allege the elements of an antitrust violation.   Plaintiffs John Rock, Tim Steward, and Kody Collins challenged two NCAA bylaws that were at issue in an earlier case Agnew v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98744 (S.D. I