The suit argues that athletes should be compensated just like work study students.
Former Villanova University football player Ralph “Trey” Johnson and his attorneys have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA Wednesday for committing minimum wage violations. Johnson, who played in college through the 2017 season, is seeking to hold the NCAA and its Division I Member Schools in Pennsylvania accountable for its refusal to pay student athletes. Johnson is the lead plaintiff and is submitting the lawsuit on behalf of “all persons similarly situated.
“This is not about being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Johnson said in his statement. “We are simply asking the NCAA to pay its student athletes the basic minimum wage as required by federal law.”The lawsuit comes as the state of California recently passed legislation allowing college athletes to make money off endorsements, and capitalize off their names and likenesses. The legislation has only been passed in California and won’t begin until January 1, 2023.
The vote by the NCAA was not a satisfactory one for Johnson. “The NCAA’s recent move to permit student athletes to benefit from their name, image and likeness illustrates that the untenable amateurism model is simply a smokescreen used to protect the pockets of the NCAA and its member schools,” Johnson claimed.
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