NCAA barred from enforcing NIL rules after lawsuit with states of Tennessee, Virginia

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The NCAA is barred from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used to recruit athletes in Tennessee and Virginia.

U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker in the Eastern District of Tennessee made the ruling on Friday, saying the NCAA's stance likely violates antitrust law with Congress so far unwilling to give the association an exemption.

The attorneys general for the states filed an antitrust lawsuit several weeks ago.

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Trophy and banner displayed during the NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championship at Kenyon Arena on March 19, 2022, in Middlebury, Vermont. (Nancie Battaglia/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

"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," the judge wrote.

"This is the beginning of whatever the new order of college sports is, but there had to be a fresh start," Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told OutKick's "Hot Mic." "What we had wasn't working, and this is what it took to start the ball rolling in the next direction. . . . Whatever happens, we are going to continue fighting to make sure that student-athletes have fair and clear rules that are gonna let them enjoy the benefits of the sports that bring so much joy to everybody."

The NCAA logo outside the NCAA Headquarters on February 28, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana.  (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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