Judge delays NCAA settlement, backs most of plan
- U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken delayed final approval of the $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement.
- The delay addresses concerns that proposed roster limits could harm current athletes losing spots.
- The settlement requires replacing scholarship caps with roster maximums that would reduce available spots.
- Judge Wilken tentatively finds the settlement remainder "fair, reasonable, and adequate," per her five-page order.
- Final approval depends on modifying the plan to protect current athletes from losing team positions.
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A judge orders changes to a $2.8B NCAA deal, which attorneys say could trigger 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 $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement involving roster limits that many schools are already putting in motion.“Any disruption that may occur is a problem of Defendants’ and NCAA members schools’ own making,” U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken wrote in a po…
Judge delays $2.8B NCAA settlement to address roster limits
The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement involving roster limits that many schools…
Judge Wilken On NCAA Settlement - Not So Fast, My Friend - Above the Law
(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) College sports hasn’t seen a fumble on the big stage this embarrassing since J.D. Vance held the national championship trophy. After decades of pablum about the “value of an education” and “going pro in something other than sports,” the schools actually made it to the negotiating table to work out a solution acknowledging that they can’t just siphon wealth from their students. A proposed settlem…
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