Maya Joint blocked from collecting $140,000 in U.S. Open prize money | The Break

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:04:01 Category: Sports

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Maya joint just earned $140,000 for her first round win in New York but she can't accept the money we're looking into the student athletes dilemma and breaking down the class action lawsuit aimed at the NCAA plus we're approaching second round action in New York we've got your Wednesday match preview the break starts right now hey everybody I'm Andrew guy you are watching the break when 18-year-old Maya joint arrived in New York over a week ago she wasn't just preparing to play the US Open qualifying rounds She Was preparing for her first day of college three wins in qualies earned her a place in the main draw and her first round match was scheduled for Monday August 26th what would have been Maya's first day of school at the University of Texas and as her fellow classmates were walking to class joint was making her tennis dreams come true she defeated Germany's Laura Sigman in straight sets to advance to the second round at the US Open the win propelled her to 108 in the live rankings and granted her $140,000 in prize money but if Maya wanted to pursue her degree in Psychology at UT she couldn't accept the check NCAA rules prevent student athletes from earning prize money Beyond an amount that covers their expenses pause the video here if you want to read the rule because joint was pursuing her education she would have to leave New York with a fraction of the earnings of her peers this has been a point of contention in the sports world World former world number one and US Open champ Andy rodic said about the rule it's absurd to me that a college athlete can take money from a local car dealership but can't accept earned prize money from the US Open the NCAA rule doesn't prevent College athletes from making money by selling their names image and likeness though which is how LSU gymnast Olivia Dunn has earned millions in endorsements while still in college but if Olivia can cash in on lucrative endorsement deals why can't Maya joint except earned prize money for competing at one of the biggest tennis tournaments in the world that is a central point in the antitrust lawsuit aimed at the NCAA led by tennis player ree brtm the lawsuit claims that the NCAA imposes arbitrary and anti-competitive prize restrictions that prohibit student athletes from accepting cash Awards bonuses and other monetary prizes awarded through non NCAA competitions essentially brt Meer claims that the NCAA is inconsistent with the Rule and that it lacks any coherent economic explanation and just last month she sought a preliminary injunction in the case in an effort to push the NCA on the prize money rule Maya joint's US Open second round match against Madison Keys is scheduled for Wednesday if she were to win that one she'd earn $215,000 money that would be left on the table if she wants to keep her scholarship at UT at the end of Tuesday only 64 singles players will be left standing in the singles draws let's look ahead head to the second round matches you should be watching defending champ KOCO goof takes on Tatiana Maria of Germany they played each other just once before that came in 2023 with Goff winning in straight sets Paula badosa continues to rebuild her ranking as she's slated to face American Taylor Townsen on Wednesday eigh seed Casper Roode will play Gail mon for a spot in round three this will be their second time meeting in 2024 Roode won a tight thre Setter over mon Feist at Indian Wells earlier this year and keep an eye on a Showtime second round match between Taylor Fritz and Matteo bartini the Italian has lost to Taylor in all three of their previous meetings but this time could be different Mato won 10 straight matches after Wimbledon and is up over 880 spots in the rankings since the season began tennis Channel's daily US Open coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern time with TC live we'll see you tomorrow

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