October 15, 1999

Appeals Court Questions NCAA About Receiving Federal Money

Does the N.C.A.A. receive government money?

That question occupied most of the time during oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Cureton v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, according to court watchers and lawyers for both sides. Tai Kwan Cureton, a track athlete, and three other plaintiffs are suing the association on the grounds that its academic standards for athletic eligibility discriminate against black

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