Dawson v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

RICHARD SEEBORG, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Lamar Dawson, a former college football player for the University of *403Southern California (“USC”), brings this putative class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) and the PAC-12 Conference (“PAC-12”) for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and the California Labor Code. Defendants move to dismiss on the grounds that student athletes are not covered under either statute and Dawson lacks standing to sue. Defendants rely heavily on the…