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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

The times they are a'changing - Part 6

We noted on Sunday that the Special Committee on Athletics of the Regents is due to discuss the antitrust case that involves pay to student athletes. It appears they will have more to discuss, albeit behind closed doors. From Inside Higher Ed:

The federal judge overseeing the historic antitrust lawsuit governing the compensation of college athletes told lawyers to go “back to the drawing board" in their efforts to settle the case, saying that a nearly $2.8 billion settlement tentatively reached this summer would unfairly limit what athletes could receive from groups of sports boosters.

Judge Claudia Wilken, who is presiding over the House v. NCAA case as she has over numerous other lawsuits involving college athlete compensation, made her comments at a hearing last week to consider the proposed settlement struck this summer by lawyers for the National Collegiate Athletic Association and for the various groups of athletes who have sued the sports governing body over rights to their names, images and likenesses...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/09/09/judge-challenges-terms-proposed-settlement-athlete-pay.

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