The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order Monday denying the National Collegiate Athletic Association‘s motion to centralize two lawsuits alleging the association and multiple collegiate athletic conferences engage in antitrust behavior by not letting student-athletes receive compensation for their athletic services.
Karen K. Caldwell, the chair of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and also a district judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, issued the order on behalf of the six-judge panel and said centralization is currently not necessary for the convenience of the parties and witnesses in order to conduct the litigation.
