Sidney - Ultimately a major lawsuit?

[Johnson85]

I think we can all agree that the NCAA has repeatedly 'moved the goalposts' on this: asking for certain info, getting it, then asking for even more, and on and on.

There might be a case in that for either a) negligence: for not originally asking for what they should have, and punishing Sidney for their mistake, or b) malice, for intentionally drawing this process out so that they can keep him from playing without ever having to make a ruling.

Don't know what malice is as far as a cause of action, but negligence would be iffy just b/c it's not clear what duty they owe to Sydney. Out of curiousity, what would a viable cause of action be? If sydney's attorney seeks an injunction requiring that Sydney be cleared, what would his justification be? Is an antitrust action viable? Has the NCAA been found to be any sort of quasi gov't institution b/c of all the state universities are members that would heighten its responsibility to provide due process? Any way to sue the member institutions that are public schools, and basically make it where public schools couldn't afford to be members if the NCAA didn't provide some sort of due process?

What better ID's are out there?