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The NCAA’s Transfer Rules: An Antitrust Analysis

By  |  March 8, 2020

By Roger D. Blair (University of Florida) & Wenche Wang (University of Michigan)

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    In Deppe v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Seventh Circuit accepted the NCAA’s argument that its transfer rules are presumptively procompetitive. It also approved the NCAA’s no-poaching agreement. This Article analyzes these NCAA-imposed restraints and finds them inconsistent with current antitrust policy.

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