A former college football player has filed suit against the N.C.A.A., charging that the association’s transfer rules and limits on scholarships violate United States antitrust laws. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Indianapolis on behalf of the former Weber State cornerback Devin Pugh, seeks to allow players to transfer freely between colleges and to abolish the cap on football scholarships — currently 85.
N.C.A.A. rules currently require basketball and football players in its top tier of competition to sit out a season if they change universities, unless they are granted a waiver by the N.