The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a powerful force in shaping the intercollegiate athletic programs of some 1,200 public and private colleges. Courts have recognized the NCAA as an entity that serves the important and admirable functions of maintaining the amateur status of...

This article explores college athletics in the context of lawsuits involving sex, race and disability, as well as antitrust challenges to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's rules. Courts have struggled in their application of relevant statutory laws to college athletic programs which...