Former WVU Football Player the Latest to Sue NCAA

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Former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston is the latest former student-athlete to sue the NCAA. Alston filed suit against the NCAA and college football's five major conferences on Wednesday, claiming they violated antitrust laws by agreeing to cap the value of an athletic scholarship at less than the actual cost of attending school.

Alston, a running back for West Virginia from 2009-12, says in the lawsuit that he had to take out a $5,500 loan to cover the difference between his scholarship and actual cost of attendance. The lawsuit says if a free-market existed in major-college football, cost of attendance, and possibly more, would be included in the scholarship.

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