# @dailytarheel on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5BZgcfM6fw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13041150-dailytarheel-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-03-27T14:57:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Daily Tar Heel (@dailytarheel) — https://gondola.cc/dailytarheel

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Reese Brantmeier, a top-ranked tennis player at UNC, brought a lawsuit against the NCAA in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina last week.⁠
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She is seeking an injunction to prevent the NCAA from restricting individual sport athletes like herself from receiving prize money. Brantmeier asserts the NCAA rules kept her from retaining the majority of the $49,000 in prize money she earned at the 2021 U.S. Open.⁠
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“Quite frankly, I like Reese’s lawsuit,” N.C. State head coach Simon Earnshaw said. “The NCAA is so out of whack."⁠
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Brantmeier's lawsuit challenges NCAA bylaws that restrict college athletes from receiving compensation “for monetary prizes earned through their athletic performance outside of NCAA competitions.”⁠
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Brantmeier specifically alleged athletes like her have been unfairly denied lucrative benefits, while male athletes in profit-generating sports receive millions.⁠
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📸 Photo by @laracro.photo⁠
✍️ Story by Shelby Swanson.

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Daily Tar Heel | @dailytarheel | https://gondola.cc/dailytarheel | Newspaper |
| Lara Crochik | @laracro.photo | https://gondola.cc/laracro.photo | Photographer |

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