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How the Big Ten Spent Its Way Into a $2 Billion Dilemma

Lavish facilities and soaring salaries have left athletic departments desperate for new revenue and now a private capital investment may come to the rescue.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 16, 2025

How Will New College Sports Commission Enforce Post-Settlement Regulations?

Many administrators have talked about wanting guardrails, but the severity of the punishments for breaking the rules are not clear yet.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 17, 2025

Grant House Prevails in Landmark Settlement, But Olympic Sports Will Be Severely Affected

With the majority of the revenue sharing likely headed to football and men’s basketball, some smaller programs in major athletic departments will receive none.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 8, 2025

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Attorneys in NCAA antitrust case to share $475M in fees, with potential to reach $725M

The attorneys who shepherded the blockbuster antitrust lawsuit to fruition for hundreds of thousands of college athletes will share in just over $475 million in fees and the figure could rise to more than $725 million over the next 10 years

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025

College Athletics Enters Revenue-Sharing Era As Judge Approves House Settlement

The new rules will go into effect on July 1 after the antitrust case addressed several issues with the amateur system the NCAA held for decades.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 7, 2025

Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions

A federal judge has signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025

House Settlement Draws Closer After Sides Amend Roster Limits Proposal

Lawyers from both sides submitted a significant tweak Wednesday to perhaps the biggest remaining sticking point in the college sports antitrust case.

Sports Illustrated · May 8, 2025

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NCAA settlement plan for roster limits gets do-over to save players who lost spots on teams

Attorneys handling the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement are proposing a massive do-over when it comes to roster limits

The Independent UK · May 8, 2025

Attorney says NCAA deal should resolve judge's concerns over roster limits, criticizes Saban

An attorney in the $2.8 billion legal case reshaping college sports says he thinks an updated agreement with the NCAA will solve the judge’s concerns over roster limits that have delayed the settlement’s approval

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

Judge Threatens House Settlement Over Roster Limit Concerns

A U.S. district judge wrote that approval of the landmark settlement could be withheld if the NCAA and Power Five conference don’t agree to roster limit changes.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 24, 2025

NCAA Approves Rule Change to Allow Direct Payment to Athletes Pending House Settlement

The Board of Directors put forth nine proposals that will usher in a new era in college athletics and end many of the longstanding amateurism rules.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 21, 2025

Roster limit changes not offered in latest filing on $2.8 billion NCAA lawsuit settlement

Attorneys working on the legal settlement designed to reshape college sports filed a brief that did not offer changes a judge suggested regarding roster limits, reiterating the benefit the limits provide to some athletes and the havoc a late change to that rule could create

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

House v. NCAA settlement will decide future of women's college basketball

Sedona Prince is one of the lead plaintiffs on a case deciding how college athletes will be paid.

Fortune · Apr 9, 2025

Two courts: NCAA's present (Gators!) and future play out 1700 miles apart on the same day

A thrill-a-minute NCAA title for the Florida Gators in San Antonio has reminded us all of what’s so good about the games these college athletes play

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

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Sports Illustrated · Apr 8, 2025

House Settlement Still on Track for Approval, but Delayed at Least a Week for Tweaks

Roster limits, future class members and payouts were the main sticking points for Judge Claudia Wilken during Monday’s hearing.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

What is the House settlement involving college sports and why does it matter?

The settlement of a $2.8 billion federal class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by athletes against the NCAA and the largest conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) was approved by the defendants and plaintiffs in May 2024 and not long afterward by U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken, who must give…

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

Hearing on landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement could lock in seismic changes for college sports

A federal judge in California has scheduled testimony for Monday in what’s expected to be the final hearing before approval of a landmark settlement involving the NCAA and thousands of athletes

Sports Illustrated · Apr 3, 2025

Landmark House Settlement Set for Final Approval: Here’s What to Know

The proposed outcome will usher in revolutionary change for college sports, paving the way for revenue sharing with athletes and revamp for how the NCAA operates.

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The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Attorneys in college sports lawsuit point to 'intergalactic paradigm shift' for NCAA

Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports pointed to nearly 102,000 athletes who signed up to receive damages from the action, while batting down objections to what they described as the “intergalactic paradigm shift” the settlement will create across the NCAA

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Objections flow in on NCAA settlement over 'unnecessarily harsh' impact of roster limits

Most of the objections posted so far to the lawsuit settlement set to alter the college-sports model concerned the impact roster limits will have on players in so-called “Olympic sports,” some of whom have already been cut from their teams

Sports Illustrated · Dec 11, 2024

NCAA President Charlie Baker Would Welcome Government Oversight After House Settlement

Federal laws could help the NCAA supersede a patchwork of conflicting state laws and eliminate the threat of additional lawsuits.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024

Attorneys tweak $2.78B college settlement, remove the word 'booster' from NIL language

Three weeks after being asked to modify a $2.78 billion deal that would dramatically change college sports, attorneys redefined the word “booster” in the plan

Judge Wilken Challenges NCAA's Proposed Settlement Restrictions

Judge Wilken's skepticism challenges .8B NCAA antitrust settlement, focusing on regulating NIL collectives and potential impact on college sports.

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024

Federal judge asked to give preliminary OK to $2.78 billion settlement of NCAA antitrust claims

A key step has arrived for the proposed $2.78 billion settlement of three antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA and major college sports conferences

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

College athletes are fighting to get a cut from the billions they generate in media rights deals

As the NCAA works to find a way to manage the way athletes are compensated for name, image and likeness, other threats are gathering

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