The Business of College Athletics and the Limits of Ivy League Exceptionalism

By Kyle Conkle, Ph.D. The recent Second Circuit decision in Choh v. Brown University adds another important layer to the ongoing conversation surrounding athlete compensation as well as institutional control in the future of college athletics. The case centered on two former Brown University basketball players who filed a putative class action lawsuit against the eight Ivy League institutions and the Ivy League Council of Presidents. The plaintiffs alleged that the Ivy League’s long-standing a