September 11, 2017
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday refused to rethink its ruling that the NCAA could keep its policy excluding convicted felons from coaching in NCAA-sanctioned youth basketball tournaments.
August 11, 2017
A youth basketball coach on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to review its finding that the NCAA could keep its policy excluding convicted felons from coaching in NCAA-sanctioned youth basketball tournaments, saying the decision sets an impossibly high bar for anyone bringing disparate impact claims.
June 27, 2017
A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday unanimously agreed the NCAA can keep its policy that excludes convicted felons from coaching in its sanctioned tournaments, ruling a youth basketball coach failed to present viable alternatives amid claims the policy is discriminatory toward African-Americans.
January 11, 2017
A youth basketball coach with a drug conviction urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to revive his suit alleging the NCAA's rule barring felons from coaching in NCAA-sanctioned tournaments violates the Civil Rights Act, arguing the rule's disproportionate impact on African-Americans is illegal, regardless of the NCAA's intent.
February 08, 2016
A youth basketball coach who can't participate in NCAA-sponsored tournaments due to a rule banning felons asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse a finding that the policy doesn't violate the Civil Rights Act, saying the rule disproportionately affects African-Americans and is therefore illegal under a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
January 04, 2016
A trio of legal interest groups last week weighed in on a Ninth Circuit appeal of a decision finding that the NCAA does not discriminate against African-Americans by barring ex-convicts from coaching in high school basketball tournaments.