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May 29, 2019

NCAA attorneys blast student-athletes’ attorney fee request as ‘excessive’

Attorneys for the National Collegiate Athletic Association called the $45 million bill by the student-athletes’ legal counsel in their successful challenge for a bigger stake in the multibillion dollar industry “excessive, redundant and unnecessary.”

Attorneys for the National Collegiate Athletic Association called the $45 million bill by the student-athletes' legal counsel in their successful challenge for a bigger stake in the multi-billion-dollar industry "excessive, redundant and unnecessary."

Plaintiffs' attorneys achieved only a "partial success" in the trial and did not properly record the number of hours or the type of work performed by dozens of lawyers over five years ...

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