{"id":931,"date":"2016-10-03T22:49:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T02:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/?p=931"},"modified":"2016-10-04T05:31:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T09:31:26","slug":"on-jenkins-ncaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/on-jenkins-ncaa\/","title":{"rendered":"On Jenkins, NCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The gist<\/strong><\/span>: A\u00a0group of college student athletes filed an antitrust suit against the NCAA\u00a0to challenge\u00a0the limits placed on athletics aid.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The players:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Former\u00a0Clemson football\u00a0player<strong>\u00a0Martin Jenkins<\/strong>\u00a0and two current Wisconsin athletes: basketball player\u00a0<strong>Nigel Hayes<\/strong>\u00a0and football player <strong>Alec James <\/strong><em>(and they&#8217;re\u00a0\u00a0reppin&#8217;\u00a0<strong>football and men&#8217;s basketball players in the power conferences<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/em>The group scooped\u00a0antitrust\/labor lawyer <strong>Jeffrey Kessler<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; the same dude representing the NFLPA and NBPA in his spare time &#8212; to handle the case.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>The quirk:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0Jenkins &amp; Friends\u00a0are not arguing that student-athletes should \u00a0receive athletics aid up to the full cost of attendance. They claim they&#8217;re entitled to a paycheck\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0the athletics scholarship model is a price fixing restraint on athlete compensation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TL;DR*:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<em>Jenkins<\/em> seeks to end all financial restrictions on college athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Losing\u00a0<em>Jenkins<\/em>\u00a0could mean that the NCAA could no longer enforce scholarship limits or the amount schools could pay for scholarships. It would be an open market, and the finances could change considerably.<\/p>\n<p>Story Ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How could the NCAA set up a &#8216;lockbox&#8217; with funds for student-athlete to receive after they&#8217;ve graduated, or gotten drafted to the NFL?\n<ul>\n<li>Would such a lock box also apply to other sports besides football, even if they don&#8217;t receive TV attention?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If players were payed, would there be a fraction allocated to tuition to help fund the athletics department?<\/li>\n<li>Only a slim percentage of college athletes actually are &#8216;worth&#8217; a full scholarship &#8212; would there a pay grade and &#8216;cap&#8217; set on the amount student athletes could receive?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><em>*too long; didn't read<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gist: A\u00a0group of college student athletes filed an antitrust suit against the NCAA\u00a0to challenge\u00a0the limits placed on athletics aid. The players:\u00a0\u00a0Former\u00a0Clemson football\u00a0player\u00a0Martin Jenkins\u00a0and two current Wisconsin athletes: basketball player\u00a0Nigel Hayes\u00a0and football player Alec James (and they&#8217;re\u00a0\u00a0reppin&#8217;\u00a0football and men&#8217;s basketball players in the power conferences).\u00a0The group scooped\u00a0antitrust\/labor lawyer Jeffrey Kessler\u00a0&#8212; the same dude representing the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/on-jenkins-ncaa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Jenkins, NCAA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-module-5","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MY21-f1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":922,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa-and-potential-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":0},"title":"Jenkins v. NCAA and potential stories","author":"Jordan Hill","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Jenkins v. NCAA case centers itself on the hot-button issue of compensating student-athletes for their participation. Early on in the complaint, Jenkins brings up the point that these athletes, such as UTEP's Kevin Perry, have their remunerations restrained by \"artificial restraints\" that are dependent on the athletes' school of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":928,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-v-ncaa-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":1},"title":"Jenkins v NCAA","author":"amak","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The case centers on the issue of paying student athletes. This is obviously an issue that has been prevalent for a long time. It\u2019s even more so now because of TV deals. The argument is that the players are basically signing on to the stipulations of the universities profiting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":902,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-case-and-possible-stories\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":2},"title":"Jenkins case and possible stories","author":"Emily Giambalvo","date":"September 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Jenkins, et al. v. NCAA case centers around the idea that the value a student-athlete brings to the school is capped at the amount of his or her scholarship, and the amount of money they bring into the school far exceeds this amount. Jenkins argues that this is illegal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 4&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 4","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-4\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":908,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/908-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":3},"title":"Jenkins case","author":"Ashleigh","date":"October 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The case goes over history of NCAA violations with antitrust laws,\u00a0what schools can and cannot offer to students and recruits,\u00a0specifics about awards\/losing amateur status, it goes over\u00a0over bowl games, and NFL\/NBA eligibility to name a few. It then goes into how these athletes could never truly be compensated monetarily for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ashleigh&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ashleigh","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/students\/ashleigh\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":920,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/complaint-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":4},"title":"Complaint Summary","author":"Emily Greenwood","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Yay law! The gist of this case is a fairly simple, albeit broad, allegation that the NCAA and Power Conferences operate as a price-fixing cartel. This would mean that the defendants would be in violation of the Sherman Act and liable for breaking federal antitrust laws that prohibit price-fixing and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Module 5&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Module 5","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/category\/module-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":925,"url":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/jenkins-vs-ncaa\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":5},"title":"Jenkins vs. NCAA","author":"nicolech","date":"October 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm no legal expert, but it seems to me the root issue of the Jenkins vs. NCAA case is the classic argument that the NCAA is exploiting its athletes. 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