Black Division I college athletes allege their civil rights are being violated because their compensation is being capped. That's what a group of athletes states in a complaint filed Tuesday by the National College Players Association.

In the complaint to the U.S. Department of Education, the NCPA alleges "the industry-wide [NCAA] compensation limit causes a disparate impact on Black college students" among the 350 Division I schools. The association contends its position is "bolstered" by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's concurring opinion in the landmark Alston v. NCAA case.

"The NCAA and its member colleges are suppressing the pay of student-athletes," Kavanaugh wrote in June. "… But the student-athletes who generate the revenues, many of whom are African-American and from lower-income backgrounds, end up with little or nothing."

NCAA demographics show that 20% of all Division I athletes are Black. Approximately 56% are white.