The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear appeals from the NCAA or Ed O'Bannon on the long-running case between the parties about college athletes' rights.
The decision leaves in place the ruling handed down by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year that upheld a district judge's 2014 determination that the NCAA's rules on athlete compensation violated antitrust law.
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O'Bannon had appealed to have part of U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's initial ruling — that football and men's basketball players could be paid up to $5,000 annually by schools — reinstated after it was overturned by the 9th Circuit.