Robert L. Parish v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, five college basketball players, challenge the constitutionality of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s so-called 1.600 rule. This rule required that NCAA-affiliated schools grant athletic scholarships, first year eligibility for participation in athletics, and other benefits only to applicants who could “predict” — on the basis of their high school grade point average or class rank and their grade on one of two standardized achievement tests — a minimum 1.600 grade point average during their first year in college. 1 The NCAA adopted the 1.600…