SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the NCAA's use of college athletes' names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violated antitrust laws but struck down a plan allowing schools to pay athletes up to $5,000.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the NCAA couldn't stop schools from providing full scholarships to student athletes but vacated a proposal for deferred cash payments.
The NCAA had appealed U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's 2014 decision to allow players in the top division of college football and in Division I men's basketball to be paid up to $5,000 a year.