Rose v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MICHAEL ROSE, and TIMOTHY ) STRATTON, individually and on behalf ) MDL No. 2492 of all others similarly situated, ) ) Master Docket No. 16 C 8787 Plaintiffs, ) ) Original N.D. Ill. Docket No. v. ) 17 C 1402 ) NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ) Judge John Z. Lee ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION and ) BIG TEN CONFERENCE, ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs Michael Rose and Timothy Stratton played football for Purdue University from 1996 to 2001. Purdue is in the Big Ten Conference (“Big Ten”), a Division I…