- Decision from court expected by end of June 2021
- Opponents say payments make students de facto professionals
The US supreme court on Wednesday agreed to review a court decision that college sports’ governing body, the NCAA, says has blurred “the line between student-athletes and professionals” by removing caps on education-related money certain football and basketball players can receive.
The case will be argued in 2021 with a decision expected before the end of June. College sports generates up to $14bn in revenue in non-Covid years, but athletes are unpaid.
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