The Ivy League Moves to Dismiss Student-Athletes’ Antitrust Claims

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM; St. John’s University; Senior Writer On March 7, 2023, Tamenang Choh, a former Brown University basketball player, together with current player Grace Kirk, filed a one count complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut claiming that Ivy League colleges and universities are violating the Sherman Act by not providing athletic scholarships to their Division 1 student-athletes.[1] As expected, on May 15, 2023, the eight Ivy League u