UNC tennis player, NCAA in settlement talks over prize-money suit
A University of North Carolina tennis player and the NCAA should know by early February whether they can reach a settlement in a lawsuit over prize-money rules.
A University of North Carolina tennis player’s federal class-action lawsuit against the NCAA could target more than 17,000 potential plaintiffs. That was one of the key revelations from a document filed Monday in US District Court.
A federal judge has certified two classes of college tennis players who could benefit from a lawsuit University of North Carolina athlete Reese Brantmeier filed against the NCAA over prize money restrictions. The decision could affect more than 12,000 athletes.
A federal judge signaled this week that she is likely to expand a University of North Carolina tennis player’s lawsuit against the NCAA to cover other college tennis players across the country. Reese Brantmeier challenges the college sports governing agency’s rules against student-athletes accepting prize money.
University of North Carolina tennis player Reese Brantmeier hopes her lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s prize-money rules will apply to any college tennis player who has competed since 2020. Brantmeier’s lawyers filed a motion Friday to turn her suit into a class action.
A federal judge has denied a University of North Carolina tennis player’s request for an injunction blocking the NCAA from enforcing its rules against student-athletes accepting prize money from pro sports competition.
RALEIGH — In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court took a step toward weakening racial preferences in university admissions, based on policies at the University of Texas. The court did not reverse previous decisions upholding racial preferences, but it said Texas’ policy was unconstitutional. Race can be considered in admissions policies, but there is a point at which such preferences become illegal.
RALEIGH — We’ve all heard that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It’s our nation’s governing document. But what happens if provisions in the Constitution conflict with natural law? Which takes precedence? How do we decide? J. Budziszewski, political philosopher, legal scholar, and professor of government at the University of Texas, discussed the issue with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — A consultant to North Carolina’s Climate Action Plan Advisory Group yesterday acknowledged that his organization has conducted no cost-benefit analysis of recommendations CAPAG has made to a special legislative commission on global warming.
CHAPEL HILL — Ever since NC State University Chancellor Marye Anne Fox announced she was leaving to head up the University of California at San Diego, UNC officials have been discussing concerns over how the system pays chancellors and ways to address those concerns. Some argued that UNC institutions rely too much on the state and that UNC should instead should use private donations to supplement chancellor salaries. In July such talk was tabled when members of the UNC Board of Governors opposed a supplement plan. The practice was previously used in the early 1990s, but was ended in 1997.