In NCAA v. Alston, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the NCAA is exploiting athletes. Here’s a breakdown: Division 1 NCAA programs (particularly college football and basketball programs) generate a lot of money for schools. Because these schools make millions of dollars off of the performance of their athletes, the NCAA has rules to limit compensation for athletes. The NCAA seeks to keep student-athletes “amateur” and not pay them, regardless of how much money they make for their schools. They’ve faced several legal challenges over this, one of which being NCAA v. Alston. In NCAA v. Alston, lower courts ruled against the NCAA, stating that their restrictions against “non-cash education-related benefits” violated antitrust law under the Sherman Act. (For context, O’Bannon v. NCAA (2014) forced the NCAA to allow D1 athletes to be able to obtain full-ride scholarships. This case is saying that athletes should be able to obtain education-related benefits beyond those scholarship...