Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

OPINION

ORLOFSKY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Can states be made to pay damages for violating Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act? That controversial question lies at the heart of this motion, the latest in a long series of difficult issues stemming from the claims by Michael Bowers, a young, learning-disabled football player, that discrimination based upon his learning disability has prevented him from receiving an athletic scholarship to college. The Plaintiffs latest Complaint names some, but apparently not all, of the colleges with whom he sought to play football. As a…