Female Athletes Appeal Landmark NCAA Settlement, Saying It Violates Federal Antidiscrimination Law

Female athletes appeal landmark NCAA settlement

Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name, image…

Democrats criticize latest effort by Congress

WASHINGTON — The latest effort by Congress to regulate college sports generated predictable partisan outrage on Thursday, with Democrats saying Republican-led draft legislation would claw back freedoms won by athletes through years of litigation against the NCAA.

Female Student-Athletes File Appeal Against House Settlement

Less than one week after Judge Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement, a group of female student-athletes has filed the first appeal.

CofC female athletes among group that files appeal of landmark NCAA settlement

Eight female athletes filed an appeal Wednesday of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement, arguing that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion i

First appeal of House v. NCAA settlement says Title IX 'deliberately ignored'

The NCAA's landmark $2.8 billion House settlement, which reshaped the future of college athletics, faced its first legal challenge on Wednesday, June 11. Eight female athletes filed an appeal, arguing that the back pay structure violates Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. What does the House v. NCAA settlement cover? The landmark settlement allowed schools that opted in to directly share revenues with…

Female athletes contest new NCAA ruling, claiming violations of federal anti-discrimination law

Female college athletes appealed the House v. NCAA settlement, arguing it violates Title IX by depriving female athletes of their fair share of $2.7 billion.