Seventh Circuit Affirms District Court’s Denial of NCAA’s Bid to Shield Information Gathered by DOE in Investigations

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a federal judge’s ruling that limits the ability of the NCAA to protect the identity of confidential informants that it typically relies upon when conducting investigations of member schools.   Specifically, it found that when a federal agency is conducting a parallel or subsequent investigation, the NCAA must turn over the documents to the agency upon request, without conditions.   In the instant case, the United States Department o