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Lamar Dawson v. NCAA, et al
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August 12, 2019
Ex-USC Linebacker Wasn't An NCAA Employee, 9th Circ. Says
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday rejected a bid by a former University of Southern California linebacker to revive a proposed class action claiming the NCAA and Pac-12 Conference improperly deny student-athletes minimum wage and overtime, saying the organizations are regulatory bodies and not employers.
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October 15, 2018
Student-Athletes Ask 9th Circ. To Revive NCAA Wage Suit
The NCAA and Pac-12 Conference should be considered joint employers of a proposed class of college football players because the sports regulators set limits on pay and work hours, a former student-athlete told the Ninth Circuit on Monday as he sought to revive his wage-and-hour suit against the organizations.
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July 02, 2018
NCAA Says Transfer Ruling Proves Athletes Are Amateurs
The NCAA is already pointing to a decision by the Seventh Circuit upholding its transfer restriction rule to argue that the Ninth Circuit should not revive a separate proposed wage-and-hour class action, saying the Seventh Circuit's decision proves its athletes are amateurs and not employees.
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April 19, 2018
NCAA Says 'Spiritual Coercion' Case Backs Wage Suit Denial
The NCAA on Wednesday urged the Ninth Circuit to look at a recent decision denying a wage suit over a televangelist whose followers were allegedly coerced into volunteering for his church's for-profit restaurant, citing it as further reason not to revive a proposed wage-and-hour class action by a former University of Southern California football player.
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April 05, 2018
NCAA Cites High Court Ruling In Student-Athlete Wage Suit
The NCAA told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a U.S. Supreme Court decision in an overtime case Monday undermined the arguments of a former University of Southern California linebacker trying to revive his wage and overtime class action.
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January 11, 2018
Ex-USC Player Cites 'Economic Realities' To Revive Wage Suit
A former University of Southern California linebacker lobbed another bid to convince the Ninth Circuit to revive his wage and overtime class action against the NCAA and the Pacific-12 Conference, arguing the "economic realities" of the case prove that players are being underpaid.
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December 06, 2017
NLRB Memo On Athlete Employment A 'Nullity,' NCAA Says
A lawyer for the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday told a Ninth Circuit panel that it should disregard an assertion by the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel that scholarship football players are employees, after a recent memo reversed that stance.
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November 21, 2017
NCAA, Pac-12 Wage Suit Out Of Bounds, 9th Circ. Told
The NCAA and the Pacific-12 Conference told the Ninth Circuit on Monday they should not have to face a proposed minimum wage and overtime pay class action brought by a former collegiate football player, urging the court not to revive the suit because the U.S. Supreme Court and California Legislature do not classify student-athletes as employees.
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September 21, 2017
Ex-USC Player Urges 9th Circ. To Revive NCAA Wage Suit
A former University of Southern California linebacker on Wednesday urged the Ninth Circuit to revive his putative minimum wage and overtime pay class action against the NCAA and Pac-12 Conference, arguing that he and other student athletes are "unquestionably" employees.