USA Today article:
...The NCAA and a group of 11 major conferences say that if rules restricting what athletes can receive for playing college sports are eliminated, it would "likely lead many — if not most" Division I schools to reduce the number of scholarships for players on football, men's basketball and/or women's basketball teams.
The assertions came as part of filing Thursday night in which the association and the conferences asked U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to not allow a pair of lawsuits to proceed as class actions.
The suits seek injunctions that would essentially allow unlimited compensation for Bowl Subdivision football players, as well as for Division I men's basketball and women's basketball players.....
...The NCAA and a group of 11 major conferences say that if rules restricting what athletes can receive for playing college sports are eliminated, it would "likely lead many — if not most" Division I schools to reduce the number of scholarships for players on football, men's basketball and/or women's basketball teams.
The assertions came as part of filing Thursday night in which the association and the conferences asked U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to not allow a pair of lawsuits to proceed as class actions.
The suits seek injunctions that would essentially allow unlimited compensation for Bowl Subdivision football players, as well as for Division I men's basketball and women's basketball players.....
