Putative class actions in California and New Jersey are testing whether college sports organizations are big businesses whose limits on payments to amateur athletes violate antitrust laws.

A suit filed on Monday in federal court in Trenton alleges the National Collegiate Athletic Association and five major athletic conferences are exploiting student athletes by capping their compensation while reaping billions of dollars per year from their performance.

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