Former Weber State Wildcats football player Devin Pugh has filed a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the organization's transfer and scholarship rules, citing a breach of antitrust laws.
According to the Associated Press' Tom Coyne, Pugh alleged NCAA rules requiring student-athletes to sit out for a year after transferring are unlawful. Additionally, Pugh cited university scholarship caps—85 for FBS schools and 63 for those residing in the FCS—as another component of the antitrust violations.
"Student-athletes who jockey for these scholarships suffer severe penalties for transferring, while NCAA coaches are allowed to job-hop, reaping enormous financial benefits and rising to earn more than $3 million per year," attorney Steve Berman said in a statement, per Coyne.