Former player suing Northwestern, NCAA over 'destructive' transfer rule

Former Northwestern guard Johnnie Vassar filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday against the the school and NCAA, claiming the governing body's transfer regulations violate federal antitrust laws.

Vassar's class-action lawsuit wants to abolish the NCAA's rule requiring transfers to sit for a year. Vassar claims Northwestern officials forced him to surrender his scholarship by misleading and intimidating tactics in order to free up his athletic scholarship for another player.

DECOURCY: Transfers aren't killing the game

According to the Daily Northwestern, Vassar was placed on an “internship,” during the 2014-15 season in which he worked as a janitor, and was allegedly told by coach Chris Collins…