Diggin' it: "Lawsuit Declares NCAA An 'Unlawful Cartel' That Illegally Restricts Athlete Earning Power."

Power to the people. Who among us finds it acceptable to generate billions and be remunerated farthings? Especially when you read pieces like this:

  We’re No. 1! Forbes again names U of L ‘America’s most valuable team’; taxpayers remain unranked (Terry Boyd at Insider Louisville)

Yeah, that's right. Fill out those brackets, make a hundred bucks.

Lawsuit Declares NCAA An 'Unlawful Cartel' That Illegally Restricts Athlete Earning Power, by David Porter (Associated Press, via Huff Post)

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The National Collegiate Athletic Association and its five dominant conferences are an "unlawful cartel" that has illegally restricted the earning power of football and men's basketball players while making billions off their labor, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday that seeks to paint big-time college athletics as being in blatant violation of antitrust laws.