Will New Supreme Court Appointee Affect College Hoops?

The short answer to the question of whether new Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will affect NCAA sports in any significant way is “no.”  It’s unlikely that any major Supreme Court decision would come before the Supreme Court in the years of Sonia Sotomayor’s sit on the bench, assuming she’s confirmed. However, it’s a nice exercise to think about.

Sotomayor does have some experience in sports-related decisions. While it would be prudent to develop an opinion about this nomination based on a wide range of court decisions and stated views, sports fans can’t help but focus on two of her major athletic decisions. Ray Ratto explains that she was involved in ending the labor dispute between Major League Baseball and the players, and that (more importantly to NCAA hoops fans) she once came down on the side of the NFL in the Maurice Clarett issue a few years back, a decision that came down on the side of the NCAA, by association. Would Sotomayor side with the NCAA and the status quo in future decisions- perhaps one involving college basketball? Something to think about, hoops fans.

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