NCAA Suffers Legal Setback in Walk-On Case

A federal judge in the Western District of Washington has denied the NCAA’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in an antitrust case, which was filed by a former walk-on football player at the University of Washington, who is challenging the NCAA bylaw limiting the number of scholarships at Division I football programs to 85.   If the litigation continues on that path, the economic ripple across college athletics could be significant. Those programs that want to offer more than 85 schola