Federal judge: former NCAA athletes can seek certification as a class in NCAA lawsuit

[Winehole23]

Ls piling up for the NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has agreed to drop a rule making it difficult for Division I college athletes to transfer schools and remain eligible to play following a civil lawsuit by the US Department of Justice and a coalition of states.

The Justice Department, District of Columbia and 10 states involved in the lawsuit announced the proposed agreement with the NCAA on Thursday.

The agreement would end the civil suit against the organization over their transfer eligibility rule, which required student athletes who transferred more than once to sit on the bench for an entire season before being allowed to compete at their new school.

Prosecutors said the rule forced college athletes to either stay in schools they wanted to leave or to transfer and miss out on athletic opportunities. The complaint also alleged the rule “was anticompe ive because it deterred college athletes from challenging anticompe ive rules in court,” a news release from the Justice Department said.

If approved by a judge, the deal would bar the NCAA from enforcing the transfer rule or adopting any similar rules between Division I colleges and universities in the future, the release said.

[Winehole23]

looks like a settlement has *almost* been reached

The NCAA has agreed to pay roughly $2.8 billion in damages to past and current athletes to settle three federal an rust lawsuits that claim the association's rules have limited the athletes' earning potential in various ways. The deal, commonly referred to as the House settlement after lead plaintiff Grant House, also would create a new system for schools to pay players directly, starting this summer.
In exchange, the NCAA will be allowed to limit how much each school can spend on its athletes per year -- an effective salary cap that is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school and increase annually during the 10-year lifespan of the deal. The deal also gives the industry's most powerful conferences an increased ability to police the name, image and likeness deals between athletes and boosters, which is intended to keep teams from using their boosters to cir vent the $20.5 million cap.

Wilken, who has ruled on several cases that have reshaped the NCAA's rules in the past decade, specifically asked lawyers from both sides to rethink one provision that would place a limit on how many athletes could be on a school's roster for each sport and to provide more details on how future athletes could object to the terms of the deals once they enroll in college.

Several objectors who spoke Monday asked Wilken to reject the settlement because it could lead to the elimination of thousands of roster spots on Division I teams across the country. The NCAA's current rules place limits on the number of scholarships that each team can give to its players. That rule will go away if the settlement is approved, meaning a school can provide a full scholarship to every one of its athletes if it chooses to do so.

To keep the wealthiest schools from stockpiling talent, the NCAA has proposed to instead limit the number of players each team can keep on its roster. Many teams will have to cut current athletes from their rosters to comply with the new rule if the settlement is approved. Gannon Flynn, a freshman swimmer at the University of Utah who spoke at the hearing, said his coaches told him that he will not have a spot on the team next season specifically because of the settlement.

"We're not here for money. We just want to play and compete," Flynn told the judge. "On paper, this settlement might look good ... but thousands of people are losing their spots."

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...-last-concerns

[pgardn]

The “settlements” will result in other lawsuits from other lawyers and plaintiffs. This whole thing satisfied one group of lawyers and their suit which included the 2.8 billion. Future litigation incoming most likely.

[Blake]

The “settlements” will result in other lawsuits from other lawyers and plaintiffs. This whole thing satisfied one group of lawyers and their suit which included the 2.8 billion. Future litigation incoming most likely.

You should tell tsa to get over himself and go back to posting in the poli forum.

[pgardn]

You should tell tsa to get over himself and go back to posting in the poli forum.

Stopped posting well before as I am still super busy and really can’t read info properly along with sports.
I decided to get ready to quit work and am looking/training a replacement that will do my friends and partners good.
It’s messy as it could involve one of the people who already works with the group.
I really need to get it done by summer end. And do it right. I owe these good people so much.

I will return in obnoxious full force when and if I get the time. Let TSA think he is a major factor for the entire pol board. It will make it more fun to bury him. The more pasting he does, the juicier it gets if the pattern holds presently. It will be much more fun. Also, the virus stuff I mainly got on him about, did not require much time and pure tery to deal with compared to what’s going on now. I just don’t have time to read about the vast majority of what is most likely abundant purified buffoonery.

[FrostKing]

"Contract dispute"

As in student loan? You're already being educated & trained for free. Go do your homework and then bounce your little ball kiddo.

[Blake]

"Contract dispute"

As in student loan? You're already being educated & trained for free. Go do your homework and then bounce your little ball kiddo.

No, it's not a loan, it's actually a contract. This is 2025, not 1995.

[ChumpDumper]

"Contract dispute"

As in student loan? You're already being educated & trained for free. Go do your homework and then bounce your little ball kiddo.

Tell me you haven't been paying attention to college sports for the last three years without telling me you haven't been paying attention to college sports for the past three years.

[Winehole23]

Settlement signed

Schools are now free to begin paying their athletes directly, marking the dawn of a new era in college sports brought about by a multibillion-dollar legal settlement that was formally approved Friday.

Judge Claudia Wilken approved the deal between the NCAA, its most powerful conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The House v. NCAA settlement ends three separate federal an rust lawsuits, all of which claimed the NCAA was illegally limiting the earning power of college athletes.
Wilken's long-awaited decision comes with less than a month remaining before schools are planning to start cutting checks to athletes on July 1. Both sides presented their arguments for approving the settlement at a hearing in early April. While college sports leaders have been making tentative plans for a major shift in how they do business, the tight turnaround time means schools and conferences will have to hustle to establish the infrastructure needed to enforce their new rules.

The NCAA will pay nearly $2.8 billion in back damages over the next 10 years to athletes who competed in college at any time from 2016 through present day. Moving forward, each school can pay its athletes up to a certain limit. The annual cap is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school in 2025-26 and increase every year during the decade-long deal. These new payments are in addition to scholarships and other benefits the athletes already receive.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...caa-settlement

[Blake]

Now it'll be interesting if there will be minimum salaries for scholarship players and other similar items of interest