Analyze all or a portion of Colorado Seminary (U. of Denver) v. NCAA, 570 F. 2d 320 – Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit 1978, using the Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion methodology in your comments below. Remember to “Blue Book” where appropriate.
Facts: Several Colorado students had received room and board expenses from outside amateur teams; thus, indicating to NCAA officials that these student-athletes were ineligible. The school refused to declare the students ineligible.
Issue: Does the prohibition on the receipt of compensation for expenses other than travel and one meal from outside source (Art. 12.1.2(e)) discriminate between various classes of student-athletes Canadian and American, poor and rich, rural and city?
Rule: The plaintiffs are entitled to have the NCAA’s eligibility rule invalidated only if it bears no rational relationship to that organization’s legitimate objectives.
Application: The object of the NCAA is to maintain sports as an integral part of the educational program and athletes as an integral part of the student body. to ensure this, the NCAA requires that any aid received with minor exceptions be administered by the student-athlete’s educational institution. An obvious reason for the rule is to avoid the practical difficulties of monitoring and controlling aid received from a nonmember, over which the Association could exercise no authority. The regulations do not unconstitutionally discriminate against those in any of the classes suggested by plaintiffs.
Conclusion: No.