Amicus Brief Permitted Despite Opposition In Appeal Of Student-Athletes’ Pay Suit

Mealey's (August 1, 2022, 11:55 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A professor’s motion to proceed as amicus curiae in support of student-athletes claiming that they were student-employees when they were Division I athletes was granted July 29 by the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals despite opposition by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and a handful of Division I schools, calling the amicus brief a “prop.”...