Student-Athletes at HBCUs File Class Action Lawsuit Against NCAA Over Inequality of Academic Performance Program

By Michael A. Ross, MS On December 10th, 2020 “a group of Black student-athletes attending various Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) filed a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) alleging the organization’s Academic Performance Program (APP) is intentionally discriminatory toward and punishes Black student-athletes at HBCUs”. Background The aforementioned student-athletes in affiliation with FeganScott Law Firm filed a