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Byline: Matt Hayes, USA TODAY Sports Network The NCAA lost in court Wednesday, which is sort of like saying the sun rises in the east. The Washington Generals of legal [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY Lawyers for the plaintiffs in a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences are asking a [...]

Byline: Steven Godfrey Is college football struggling to maintain its core identity amid seismic structural and cultural changes threatening to alter the sport forever? Absolutely. Will the looming advent of [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY A federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval to the slightly revised version of a multibillion-dollar settlement of three athlete compensation antitrust cases against the [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty Of the many lawsuits against the NCAA, House v. NCAA has long been viewed as the most consequential, making Monday matter in a small but notable way. [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- Former Southern California football star Reggie Bush has filed a lawsuit against his school, the NCAA and the Pac-12 in a bid to [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty On Sunday, Maya Joint, an 18-year-old tennis player, had to make a final decision: Forfeit her college eligibility or forfeit a substantial portion of the $146,657 she [...]

The concern over restrictions on some payments raises uncertainty on whether a landmark agreement on compensating athletes can be reached and approved. A federal judge on Thursday rejected a key [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty On Thursday evening, a preliminary approval hearing to settle House v. NCAA - the antitrust case that could bring revenue sharing to college athletics - ended without [...]

As discussed in our prior Alerts (including on June 6, August 1, and September 6, 2024), three major class action antitrust lawsuits brought against the NCAA: House v. NCAA, Hubbard [...]

On July 26, 2024, attorneys for the NCAA, the Power Five conferences and classes of college athletes filed a motion for preliminary approval of a settlement agreement to resolve three [...]

The agreement, if approved by a federal judge, could deliver the final hammer blow to the amateur model of college athletics. The N.C.A.A. and the richest college athletic conferences joined [...]

Byline: Sally Jenkins The college athlete isn't the one who needs reminding he or she is a student. It's the colleges that forgot - they're the ones that ran so [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY The proposed settlement of three antitrust cases concerning the compensation of college athletes that has been approved by the NCAA, the Power Five conferences and [...]

Byline: Kevin B. Blackistone A few years ago, Ellen Staurowsky, a sports scholar and career-long advocate for the equitable treatment of college athletes, co-wrote a study with college athletes activist [...]

The landmark settlement made many wonder what the reality -- and impact -- of revenue-sharing plans with college athletes would look like. Brent Jacquette knows a thing or two about [...]

Byline: Jesse Dougherty The NCAA and its five power conferences completed voting Thursday night to approve a settlement agreement that paves the way for universities to pay athletes directly, according [...]

Byline: RALPH D. RUSSO; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS University presidents around the country are scheduled to meet this week to vote on whether to accept a proposed settlement of an antitrust [...]

The Third Circuit in Johnson v. NCAA ruled that athletes at NCAA Division I schools may be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Johnson decision creates a [...]

Key takeaways On July 11, 2024, the Third Circuit in Johnson v. NCAA held that student athletes are not barred from being considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act [...]

On Thursday, May 23, 2024, the NCAA and the Power Five conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) announced a settlement of three class-action antitrust lawsuits pending in [...]

Quick Hits As part of a proposed consent judgment to resolve an antitrust charge brought by the DOJ and several states, the NCAA agreed to drop its rule requiring certain [...]

On May 23, 2024, the NCAA reached a historic $2.8 billion settlement with former college athletes who had filed an antitrust class action demanding billions in potential compensation allegedly denied [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY NCAA President Charlie Baker's recent proposal that would, among other things, allow colleges to pay athletes for the use of their names, images and likenesses [...]

The attorneys general in Tennessee and Virginia are asserting that the N.C.A.A. has no right to stop boosters of college sports teams from paying players. The attorneys general of Tennessee [...]

Published: McLane.com April 11, 2024 In late 2023, class action certification was granted to former and current collegiate student-athletes suing the NCAA over (i) rules restricting the compensation that the [...]

Alston Opinion Changed Everything In NCAA v. Alston, 141 S. Ct. 2141 (2021), the Supreme Court upheld a district court and subsequent affirmation by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals [...]

During a hearing in a federal appeals court, the N.C.A.A. argued classifying college athletes as employees would create gender inequities. A judge asked, ''Don't we already have that?'' PHILADELPHIA -- [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the NCAA and the nation's top college conferences that challenges the association's remaining rules regarding athletes' ability [...]

A Supreme Court ruling and changes in college sports have given momentum to a lawsuit accusing the N.C.A.A. of violating federal minimum-wage laws by refusing to pay athletes like employees. [...]

Chuck O'Bannon Jr., a guard for Texas Christian, grew up as his uncle Ed O'Bannon became a symbol for college athletes pushing to earn money from their fame. SAN DIEGO [...]

Byline: Mike Jensen Sep. 30Trey Johnson, a former Villanova University football player, couldn't have predicted the current connection he has with friend and ex-teammate Poppy Livers. 'When I was getting [...]

Good morning, and happy first Sunday of summer. Here's what you need to know in business and tech news for the week ahead. What's Up? (June 20-26) 'We Have a [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY The NCAA's legal problems regarding its limits on compensation for college athletes continued Thursday, when a federal judge denied its request to dismiss a lawsuit [...]

Byline: Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY The Supreme Court on Monday ruled against the NCAA in a landmark antitrust case that specifically challenged the association's ability to have national limits on [...]

Byline: Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY The Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that the NCAA may not place limits on education-related benefits student-athletes can receive for playing college sports. The [...]

His name surfaces again in a lawsuit over shoe company payments to college players. But the surprising part is the paltry sums involved. Zion Williamson shouldn't have to deal with [...]