Three years ago, Jeffrey Kessler, the superstar Winston & Strawn attorney, celebrated a resounding victory over the NCAA at the Supreme Court. In Alston v. NCAA, with a unanimous 9-0 vote, the justices decreed that the overseers of college sports are not immune from antitrust laws—and that the supposed “amateurism” of the players doesn’t justify restrictions on compensating them appropriately. It’s hard to understate the impact of this groundbreaking ruling, which produced a deluge of subsequent litigation, a wave that Kessler is currently riding with three significant cases—Hubbard, Carter, and House. This litigation could also potentially dismantle the NCAA’s age-old business model and funnel billions of dollars into the hands of collegiate athletes who have competed over the past decade.
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