Smart et al v. NCAA

  1. September 19, 2025

    Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts

    In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.

  2. September 17, 2025

    NCAA Volunteer Coaches Secure $49M Wage-Fix Settlement

    A California federal court approved a $49 million settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association and 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches that resolves an antitrust dispute stemming from a now repealed bylaw that allegedly prevented the coaches from receiving market value wages.

  3. May 01, 2025

    NCAA Coaches Get Initial OK For $49M Wage-Fix Deal

    A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a group of roughly 1,000 Division I volunteer baseball coaches for their settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.5 million to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw.

  4. March 25, 2025

    NCAA Baseball Coaches Ask Court To OK $49M Wage-Fix Deal

    A group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches has asked a California federal court to sign off on a proposed settlement under which the NCAA would pay $49.25 million to roughly 1,000 coaches to resolve their proposed antitrust class action challenging a since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw.

  5. March 12, 2025

    NCAA Volunteer Coaches Get Class Cert. In Antitrust Fight

    A California federal judge on Tuesday certified a class of potentially thousands of former NCAA Division I volunteer coaches who allege the athletic organization's now-repealed bylaw illegally suppressed their wages in violation of antitrust laws, and the judge also refused to exclude the class's damages report by a Princeton University professor.

  6. February 03, 2025

    NCAA Settles College Baseball Coaches' Wage-Fix Suit

    The NCAA and a group of Division I volunteer baseball coaches have reached a settlement "in principle" to end a proposed antitrust class action that challenged the organization's since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw that prevented volunteer coaches from getting compensated market value for their services.

  7. November 04, 2024

    NCAA Baseball Coaches Seek Class Cert. In Wage-Fix Case

    Division I volunteer baseball coaches asked a California federal judge to certify their proposed antitrust class action challenging the NCAA's since-repealed "uniform wage fix" bylaw that paid volunteer coaches nothing, which prevented them from getting compensated their market value for their services.

  8. July 28, 2023

    NCAA Can't Ax, Transfer Volunteer Coaches' Antitrust Suits

    A California federal judge has refused to toss or transfer proposed antitrust class actions by college volunteer coaches over the NCAA's now-defunct rules prohibiting Division I volunteer coaches from being paid, finding the claims are sufficiently pled and the NCAA hasn't shown litigating in California is inconvenient.

  9. May 10, 2023

    Calif. Judge Grants NCAA Delay On Wage-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday granted the NCAA's request to delay a hearing on its motion to dismiss a proposed antitrust class action filed by two college baseball coaches, ruling that it is "appropriate" to delay the case until it can be heard with a separate but related case.

  10. April 06, 2023

    'Volunteer' Baseball Coaches Defend NCAA Wage-Fixing Case

    A pair of former assistant college baseball coaches defended their case alleging that NCAA rules blocked them from earning salaries, contending the NCAA never learned its lesson from a case 25 years ago involving caps on coach pay.