DEPPE v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

  1. April 05, 2017

    Ex-NCAA Athlete Takes Transfer Rule Challenge To 7th Circ.

    A former Northern Illinois University football player filed a notice of appeal Wednesday challenging an Indiana federal court ruling that tossed his antitrust claim against the NCAA over its rule that forces student-athletes who transfer to sit out for a year before becoming eligible to play for the new school.

  2. March 07, 2017

    Another Attack On NCAA's Sit-Out Rule For Transfers Tossed

    An Indiana federal judge on Monday shot down another antitrust challenge to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s rule requiring student-athletes who transfer to sit out their sport for a year, as well as nixing a shot to force the NCAA to stop restricting the number of athletic scholarships schools can provide.

  3. January 12, 2017

    Judge To Hear Arguments Over NCAA Sit-Out Transfer Rule

    An Indiana federal judge on Tuesday granted the NCAA's request for oral arguments on its bid to dismiss antitrust claims by a former Northern Illinois University football player challenging a rule that restricts student-athletes from transferring schools by requiring them to sit out a year.

  4. June 03, 2016

    NCAA Says Spokeo Dooms Athlete's Antitrust Class Action

    A former college athlete will be hard-pressed to argue the Clayton Act gives cause to his antitrust class action alleging the NCAA's bylaws unfairly stop student-athletes from transferring between schools following the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo ruling last month, the association told an Indiana federal court on Friday.

  5. May 03, 2016

    NCAA Athlete Says Transfer Rule Challenge Should Continue

    A former Northern Illinois University punter who filed suit against the NCAA over its scholarship caps and transfer restrictions asked an Indiana federal judge Monday to keep his proposed class action alive, arguing he properly pled his antitrust claims.