Tennessee and Virginia v. NCAA: the preliminary injunction: Judge Clifton Corker said “likely violates federal antitrust law and harms student-athletes”

Judge Clifton Corker, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee

The NCAA's prohibition likely violates federal antitrust law and harms student-athletes

Judge Clifton Corker, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Tennessee

While the NCAA permits student-athletes to profit from their NIL, it fails to show how the timing of when a student-athlete enters such an agreement would destroy the goal of preserving amateurism

Jonathan Skrmetti, Tennessee attorney general

The NCAA is not above the law, and the law is on our side.

Charlie Baker, NCAA president

I think in the end, we are going to need Congress to do something

NCAA

Turning upside down rules overwhelmingly supported by member schools will aggravate an already chaotic collegiate environment, further diminishing protections for student-athletes from exploitation

On February 23, 2024, United States District Judge Clifton L. Corker of the Eastern District of Tennessee granted a preliminary injunction requested by the attorneys general of Virginia and Tennessee

Associated Press

A federal judge on Friday barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes, granting a request for a preliminary injunction from the states of Tennessee and Virginia

the NCAA will not be permitted to enforce the NCAA Interim NIL Policy, the NCAA Bylaws, or any other rules that prevent student-athletes from negotiating compensation for NIL with any third-party entity, including boosters or NIL collectives