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“If I wanted to, I feel like I could have spent the past six months writing virtually every single day about college sports lawsuits. The last update to the College Sports Litigation Tracker included updates to 10 different cases, with more popping up almost every week.

I wouldn’t consider any of them an actual existential threat to college sports, except perhaps Johnson v. NCAA, which could classify tens of thousands of college athletes as employees. But one lawsuit filed last week, while by no means a slam dunk to win or even make it to trial, threatens a financial cornerstone of the Division III model. Should the plaintiffs win, I could absolutely see a world where not only are hundreds of programs shuttered, but some colleges could also actually close.

The core question: Is it an antitrust violation for D-III colleges to refuse to offer athletic scholarships?”