BASSETT v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASS'N

No. 06-5795.

528 F.3d 426 (2008)

Claude L. BASSETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and University of Kentucky Athletic Association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Robert R. Furnier, Furnier & Simmonds, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant. Edward H. Stopher, Scott A. Davidson, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Louisville, Kentucky, Kevin G. Henry, Stephen L. Barker, Sturgill, Turner, Barker & Moloney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellees.

Before: CLAY and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; BOYKO, District Judge.


OPINION

BOYKO, District Judge.

Appellant Claude L. Bassett ("Bassett") was an assistant football coach for the University of Kentucky ("UK") from 1997-2000 when he resigned due to allegations of The National Collegiate Athletics Association ("NCAA") rules infractions. Bassett filed suit against NCAA, the Southeastern Conference ("SEC") and the University of Kentucky Athletic Association ("UKAA"), alleging conspiracy to violate antitrust laws, fraud, civil...

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