Ncaa Loses Appeal

A federal appeals court said a judge was within her power to fine the NCAA $100 per day for every school that is late in turning over financial documents related to restricted-earnings coaches.

U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil ruled last month that the NCAA violated federal antitrust laws by holding the coaches’ earnings to $16,000 per year.

Vratil then ordered NCAA Division I schools to turn over financial documents to the coaches so that damages could be calculated. The NCAA resisted the order, but was ordered to comply in a ruling earlier this week from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.