Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California issued a key deadline for the House v. NCAA case on Wednesday. Wilken gave the defendants 14 days to come to an agreement over the gradual implementation of roster sizes or risk outright rejection of the landmark settlement.
Wilken wants to see current athletes “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. Hard cuts would likely leave nearly 5,000 athletes without spots on rosters across the NCAA’s 43 sponsored sports.
Wilken first epressed concerns over roster limits when she granted the case preliminary approval on April 7. 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 said after the case’s preliminary approval. “… Roster limits were based on actual people participating in a season, not a particular game.”
Under the settlement, football rosters will shrink to 105 players, resulting in many schools cutting 20 or more players. Some have already begun that process, well before the settlement’s approval.
The $2.8 billion 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.
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Author : Brandon Marcello
Publish date : 2025-04-24 00:42:00
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