Hot press releases: The Tipline for 25 August 2021

The NCAA has faced its fair share of litigation over the years from plaintiffs claiming the collegiate sports association acts as a cartel. That’s why it may have come as a surprise to some in the antitrust community to see three rival conferences – the Pac-12, the ACC and the Big Ten – announce on Tuesday that they had formed an “alliance”. The details are scant at this point and the conferences insist they “remain competitors in every sense”. Good luck explaining that to Jeffrey Kessler.