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SHELTON v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N

No. 75-3578.

539 F.2d 1197 (1976)

Lonnie J. SHELTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, an association, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Hart (argued), Lindsay, Nahstoll, Hart & Krause, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants.

Bruce B. Samson (argued), Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and McGOVERN, District Judge.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal1 is whether the NCAA rule declaring ineligible for intercollegiate athletics in a particular sport any student who has ever signed a contract to play that professional sport violates the equal protection clause of the constitution.

The basic facts are not in dispute. The NCAA constitution declares as one of its goals...

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