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Brian Gudmundson and Charles Zimmerman, attorneys in the law firm of Zimmerman Reed, wrote that the student athletes are victims of illegal price-fixing arrangements in which any student who defies NCAA rules is forced out of athletics. They describe it as the equivalent of a nationwide illegal boycott and allege it constitutes a conspiracy. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Friday, asks to be certified as a class-action suit, and lists as its plaintiff Derek Thompson, a resident of Glen Rose, Texas, who was a member of the University of North Texas football team from 2009 to 2013. He received a full athletic scholarship. The NCAA and Big Ten did not respond to requests for comment about the suit. Read more: http://www.startribune.com/local/270772621.html This post has been promoted to an article