Supreme Court Unsympathetic to NCAA Arguments Justifying Not Paying Student-Athletes

Shawne Alston (R) of the West Virginia Mountaineers, is tackled by Chucky Hunter of the TCU Horned Frogs during a game at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, W.Va., on Nov. 3, 2012. Justin K. Aller/Getty Images

Before a skeptical Supreme Court on March 31, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defended its rules that preclude paying student-athletes.

The Biden administration sided with the student-athletes during telephonic oral arguments that ran 94 minutes instead of the allotted 60.