The long-expected approval of a landmark antitrust case allowing college players to be paid directly by schools is on hold for at least one week.
The federal judge presiding over the House v. NCAA case requested attorneys make additional tweaks to the settlement’s terms regarding roster limits and whether future players should be tied to the current class in the multi-billion dollar lawsuit. A final approval could come upon receipt of those tweaks from attorneys, though that might not happen for several weeks.
“Basically, I think it’s a good settlement,” said Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. “Don’t quote me. I think it’s worth pursuing and I think some of these things can be fixed if people tried to fix them.”
The House settlement would allow schools to directly pay players millions of dollars starting July 1. Each school’s revenue-sharing formula would be capped at $20.5 million, with the pool increasing 4% each year during the 10-year agreement. The $2.8 billion in back payments for athletes who competed between 2016 and 2024 would also be set in motion upon Wilken’s approval.
The crux of the issue Monday hinged on new roster limits, which are expected to lead to nearly 5,000 athletes without spots on rosters across the NCAA’s 43 sponsored sports. Wilken suggested that current athletes should be “grandfathered in” and allowed to remain on rosters until their eligibility expires. This would enable schools to temporarily exceed new roster limits, which include unlimited scholarships. NCAA attorney Rakesh Kilaru opposed the idea, though he agreed to work with the plaintiff’s attorneys on a solution.
“We didn’t come up with these roster limits in an arbitrary way,” Kilaru…
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-04-08 02:05:00
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