Former Student Athlete’s Class, Collective Suit Seeks Wages From NCAA

Mealey's (November 13, 2019, 9:06 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — A former collegiate football player who went on to play for the National Football League filed a class and collective action on Nov. 6 against The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Division I schools in a Pennsylvania federal court, alleging that the NCAA’s decision to treat all student athletes as “prisoners” violates the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA) (Ralph “Trey” Johnson, et al. v. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al., No. 19-5230, E.D. Pa.)....