US EditionCalifornia high school athletes seek right to player profits in new lawsuit
- On Monday in 2025, Dominik Calhoun, a former high school athlete in California, initiated a class-action legal case challenging the California Interscholastic Federation's limitations on high school athletes' NIL revenue.
- The lawsuit follows the NCAA's 2021 rule change allowing college athletes to profit from NIL deals, with California first permitting such deals for high school athletes.
- It argues that CIF policies severely limit athletes like Calhoun from earning NIL income due to rules banning payments from schools or boosters and restricting deals linked to participation.
- The complaint alleges that these rules effectively set the compensation for student-athletes’ NIL rights at zero and describes the restrictions as unlawful trade restraints.
- The case seeks to change CIF regulations, demand treble damages, and represents a broader push to extend antitrust challenges from college to high school sports.
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California high school athletes seek right to player profits in new lawsuit
California’s governing body for high school sports, along with several media companies are facing a new lawsuit for allegedly depriving student athletes of their rightful pay from broadcasts, ticketing and other revenue.
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