Jack Dempsey/NCAA Photos via Getty ImagesBy DEVIN DWYER, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) — With March Madness in full swing, the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Wednesday faced off against a group of former college athletes at the U.S. Supreme Court in a long-running dispute over limits on education-related compensation.
The NCAA and its biggest, most lucrative athletic conferences want the justices to overturn a ruling abolishing the limits, saying it would erode the amateur nature of college sports and open the door to “pay for play.”
The athletes argue the rules unfairly suppress their ability to be rewarded for valuable skills and abilities
