NCAA Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Baseball Coaching Restrictions

An NCAA bylaw limiting Division I baseball teams to three paid assistant coaches and a fourth volunteer violates federal antitrust law, two former volunteer coaches allege.

The bylaw represents a “naked horizontal restraint” that reduces pay and mobility by restricting competition among baseball teams seeking coaches, according to a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of California.

The suit represents the latest in a growing wave of antitrust challenges confronting the NCAA. The association has been forced to adapt to a series of court decisions in recent years opening up collegiate sports for the first ...