Appeals Court Reverses Trial Court’s Finding for NCAA in Learning-Disabled Discrimination Case

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has breathed new life into a lawsuit, which seeks to force the NCAA to continue to broaden its acceptance of learning-disabled student athletes.   Almost a decade ago, Kathleen Bowers sued the NCAA and two of its member schools, Temple University and the University of Iowa, for discrimination after her son, Michael, was allegedly denied an opportunity to compete in college athletics because of a learning disability. Specifically, she alleged that the de