Attorneys in NCAA antitrust case to share up to $725M in fees
The request for plaintiff legal fees in the House vs. NCAA case, approved Friday night, struck experts in class-action litigation as reasonable.
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How the proposed NCAA settlement will impact intellectual property law
Under the proposal, colleges for the first time would be able to pay student-athletes directly for their name, image and likeness rights.
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Circuit court ruling shakes up NCAA amateurism model
When a high-profile college athlete puts fans in the seats and drives up sports revenue at their universities, does it primarily benefit them or their schools? A Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling earlier this month in Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic Association examined that question and could put an end to the idea of […]
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The new frontier: Indiana attorneys navigating name, image, likeness ‘Wild, Wild West’
On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously ruled the National Collegiate Athletic Association couldn’t prohibit athletes on teams at member schools from receiving certain education-related compensation. In affirming the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ opinion in NCAA, et al. v. Alston, et al., college athletes were given the green light to get paid for their names, images and likenesses. By June 30, the NCAA had released an interim NIL policy, providing general guidelines as to how universities and athletes could approach NIL business ventures while also complying with existing NCAA bylaws prohibiting “pay-for-play” arrangements.
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‘This is huge’: SCOTUS hears college athletes’ pay arguments in landmark NCAA case
As March Madness was wrapping up in Indianapolis, United States Supreme Court justices heard oral argument in a monumental compensation case that sports law experts anticipate will forever change the landscape of college athletics — including the nation’s most beloved and profitable college basketball competition.
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Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions
The agreement brings a seismic shift to hundreds of schools that were forced to reckon with the reality that their players are the ones producing the billions in TV and other revenue.
Power leagues look to bind schools to rules of $2.8B NCAA settlement, source says
The document would bind institutions to enforcement policies even if their state laws are contradictory and would require schools to waive their right to pursue legal challenges against the new enforcement entity, the College Sports Commission.
Non-scholarship athletes argue proposal to fix roster-limit rule in lawsuit does not go far enough
Proposed roster caps have prevented U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken from approving a $2.78 billion settlement, which is designed to allow schools to pay players directly beginning later this year.
Federal judge tosses lawsuit brought by ex-college basketball players against NCAA
The lawsuit, which included 16 total players who played before June 16, 2016, claimed that the NCAA had enriched itself by utilizing their names, images and likenesses to promote its men’s basketball tournament.
Judge delays $2.8 billion NCAA settlement to address roster limit concerns. Attorneys warn of chaos
The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement.
NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly
The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.
Judge wants range of issues addressed in $2.8B NCAA settlement before final approval
The landmark $2.8 billion settlement that will reach into every corner of college athletics in the months ahead had its final hearing Monday, at which athletes said the sprawling plan was confusing and undervalued them, while attorneys said they were concerned about the impacts on campuses across the country.
Former football coach fired over benefits to players sues NCAA for making him ‘sacrificial lamb’
Jeremy Pruitt is suing the Indianapolis-based NCAA for $100 million for lost and future wages.
Willett: How will Title IX factor into changes for college athletics?
The big news now is about a major settlement that, if approved, will provide athletes back pay for uncompensated use of their name, image and likeness. How will Title IX factor in?
Trump signs order barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports
Charlie Baker, president of the Indianapolis-based NCAA, said the organization would “take necessary steps to align NCAA policy in the coming days, subject to further guidance from the administration.”
NCAA seeks help from Congress, plans to dole out $1.2B to help pay settlement
NCAA President Charlie Baker is banking on the momentum college sports appears to be gaining since preliminary approval of the House settlement, which calls for schools to pay players directly for use of their name, image and likeness.
Athletes in $2.8B college lawsuit tell judge they want to create players’ association
The athletes whose lawsuit against the Indianapolis-based NCAA is primed to pave the way for schools to pay them directly also want a players’ association to represent them in the complex contract negotiations that have overtaken the sport.
NCAA’s $2.78B settlement with colleges over athlete payments gets preliminary approval
A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players.
Attorneys tweak $2.78B college sports settlement, remove the word ‘booster’ from NIL language
The new language and replacing of the hazily defined “booster,” which has played a big role in the Indianapolis-based NCAA’s rulebook for decades, is designed to better outline which sort of deals will come under scrutiny under the new rules.
Judge questions restrictions on booster payments to athletes in $2.78B NCAA settlement
A federal judge on Thursday probed the terms of a proposed $2.78 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits against the Indianapolis-based NCAA and major conferences and revealed a potential snag in the deal, questioning whether payments to college athletes from booster-funded organizations should be restricted.
Clavio and Shanehsaz: Rules change for name, image, and likeness in college athletics
The NCAA and the five power conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference, and Southeastern Conference, also known as the “Power 5 Conferences”) have been steadily working to resolve a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA related to revenue sharing with student athletes and name, image and likeness (NIL) rules.
Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?
College sports leaders believe they have found a way through a massive antitrust settlement to finally separate “true NIL” for athletes from what they say is booster-funded pay-for-play.
Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences.
Attorney: Full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving NCAA expected to be filed Friday
An attorney for the defendants tells The Associated Press the full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving the NCAA and college sports’ wealthiest conferences is expected to be filed with a federal court by Friday.