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pay for their athletes' sports-related medical expenses, prohibits them from taking scholarships away from athletes permanently injured in their sport, and requires them to extend scholarships up to one year for former players whose teams have low graduation rates. A version of this
California law was introduced in Congress in November 2013. Huma has also served as a consultant in athletes' rights lawsuits including White v. NCAA, O'Bannon v. NCAA, and Jenkins v. NCAA.
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deny these athletes approximately $ 6 billion of their fair market value between 2011 and 2015.
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