Court: NCAA Does Not Employ or Have to Pay Athletes

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A federal court found that the NCAA does not employ the student-athletes that participate in its sanctioned events, and therefore is not obligated to pay them. 

The ruling stems from the case brought by former University of Southern California football player Lamar Dawson, who sued the NCAA as well as the Pac-12 Conference in 2016, alleging that he — and other Division I football players — are owed money for acting for those entities as employees.

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