Vikings defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed Friday that accuses the NCAA and 11 conferences of fixing prices by capping the value of athletic scholarships.

Floyd, who played at the University of Florida, is entering his second season with the Vikings.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court of Minnesota. The Los Angeles Times posted a copy of the 65-page suit at http://documents.latimes.com/lawsuit-targets-ncaa-11-conferences/.

The suit calls the NCAA and its schools an “illegal cartel” and seeks unspecified monetary damages as well as barring defendants from engaging in “anticompetitive” rules. It names all the major NCAA conferences, including the Southeastern Conference, in which Floyd played.

“I’m not going to comment on it right now,” Floyd said Saturday at the Fuel Up to Play 60 Reward Summit, an event at Winter Park to promote healthy eating for kids. “We’ll talk about it later. … Another day.”

However, Floyd did touch upon the lawsuit Friday on his Twitter account (@sharriffloyd).

“Student athletes need to be respected more,” Floyd wrote. “It’s hard for great coaches to do their job when their athletes are just looking for something as simple as an extra meal, a movie date with a friend and comfort that they are gonna be taken care of and not taken advantage of. Athletes shouldn’t be suspended for raising money, to better his life or for looking at a mentor as a father. This has nothing to do with the Gator Nation. I love my college and will always be a Gator.”

One of the plaintiffs in the case is former Kennesaw State basketball player Ashley Holliday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the suit is believed to be the first antitrust action against the NCAA to include a female plaintiff.

Other plaintiffs in the case are former Gophers players Kyle Theret and Duane Bennett, and Chris Stone, John Bohannon and Chris Bennett.

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