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Board Of Regents Of University Of Oklahoma V. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Application Of The Per Se Rule To Price-Fixing Agreements, Robert M. Pfeifer
Board Of Regents Of University Of Oklahoma V. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Application Of The Per Se Rule To Price-Fixing Agreements, Robert M. Pfeifer
University of Richmond Law Review
In Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated regulation of college football television contracts by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). This decision left colleges and universities free to contract for the sale of broadcast rights to their football games. The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma held that the NCAA television foot- ball plan and network contracts constituted an illegal price-fixing agreement and thus were per se violations of section 1 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The …
The Legality Of Ticket Tie-Ins In Intercollegiate Athletics, Arthur D. Austin
The Legality Of Ticket Tie-Ins In Intercollegiate Athletics, Arthur D. Austin
University of Richmond Law Review
The dynamics of operating a "major" intercollegiate sports program have a tenuous nexus with academic ideals. Intercollegiate athletics is now a big business, dominated by the balance sheet of gate receipts, T.V. revenues, and talent recruiting. The best high school athletes are aggressively recruited for their physical prowess to play for teams that perform before large crowds-and frequently a national television audience-in gigantic stadiums and field houses. In many instances coaches and players gain national recognition and reverence unequaled by professors, poets, or Nobel prize winners. Yet the sponsors of these sports extravaganzas are academic institutions who by charter and …