Continued Antitrust Focus on the Labor Market in the Wake of NCAA v. Alston

Almost one year has passed since the Supreme Court’s unanimous antitrust decision in NCAA v. Alston. That well-publicized decision affirmed the District Court’s rejection of the NCAA’s limits on education-related compensation paid to student athletes as well as the NCAA’s implicit request for the Court to create a judicial antitrust exemption for college athletics, much like the judicially-crafted antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball, also the topic of much media coverage as of late.