Even with March Madness in full swing, the NCAA’s real competition this month will take place at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could loosen its grip over college athletics. In an antitrust clash set for argument Wednesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association will ask the justices to overturn a ruling that would let member schools offer student-athletes more in the way of education-related compensation. The case promises to produce the biggest Supreme Court ruling in decades for the NCAA, which is seeking to shield its rules from tough antitrust scrutiny and preserve what it sees as the amateur nature of college sports. “This is a big one, and it goes to the heart of amateurism,” said Elizabeth McCurrach, a lawyer at BakerHostetler in New York who focuses on sports law. The NCAA and its biggest conferences are battling college football and basketball players who got a partial victory after they sued to let schools start paying athletes. A federal judge in California said the NCAA didn’t need its limits on education-related benefits, such as computers and internships, to accomplish its professed goal of preserving college sports as a distinct product. Those benefits “could not be confused with a professional athlete’s salary,” U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken wrote. She said the NCAA rules “do not follow any coherent definition of amateurism.” A federal appeals court upheld the decision. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake