Panthers RB Chuba Hubbard suing NCAA for retroactive payments
Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard has been named as part of a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences.
Hubbard is one of two individuals seeking millions in retroactive damages for thousands of Division I athletes—current and former dating back to 2018—based on a March 2019 ruling from a United States district court judge. Former Oregon and Auburn track and field athlete Keira McCarrell is listed as the other plaintiff in the case, which was filed on Tuesday.
That prior ruling, one that was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2021, allowed for schools to provide almost $6,000 in academic benefits to college athletes. Attorney Steve Berman, who was a lead lawyer on the original 2019 case, said the following on behalf of Tuesday’s filing:
“Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Alston, dozens of Division I schools have announced that they will be providing $5,980 academic awards to athletes across all sports. Thousands of female and male athletes, including many in sports other than football and basketball, will directly benefit from this action aimed at recovering the monetary awards, of which the NCAA illegally deprived them.”
Hubbard attended Oklahoma State University from 2017 to 2020, where he earned numerous honors including the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year award in 2019. He was drafted by the Panthers in the fourth round of the 2020 draft.
