The judge overseeing the rewriting of the college sports rulebook threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the antitrust lawsuit redo the part of the proposed settlement.
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Many in college basketball have said they believe the 68-team fields and three weekends of play are ideal, but pressure has grown to add teams and games to one of the nation’s most popular sports events.
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Scholarships are not going away in college athletics, but how many there are and which sports they will apply to in coming years are among the many questions stemming from a mammoth antitrust settlement and athlete revenue-sharing plan proposed by the Indianapolis-based NCAA and its five largest conferences.
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UConn joined the 2006-07 Florida Gators and the 1991-92 Duke Blue Devils as just the third team to repeat since John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s.
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The document would bind institutions to enforcement policies even if their state laws are contradictory and would require schools to waive their right to pursue legal challenges against the new enforcement entity, the College Sports Commission.
Proposed roster caps have prevented U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken from approving a $2.78 billion settlement, which is designed to allow schools to pay players directly beginning later this year.
Attorneys handling the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement proposed a massive do-over Wednesday when it comes to roster limits.
An attorney in the $2.8 billion legal case reshaping college sports said an agreement reached with the Indianapolis-based NCAA should address U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken’s concerns.
The lawsuit, which included 16 total players who played before June 16, 2016, claimed that the NCAA had enriched itself by utilizing their names, images and likenesses to promote its men’s basketball tournament.
The nine proposals passed by the NCAA board were largely expected but still mark a defining day in the history of college sports.
Attorneys offered only a few tweaks to the sprawling deal announced last year that will clear the way for schools to begin sharing millions in revenue with their athletes.
Changes are coming, but it’s a fluid environment with churning waters and probably always will be.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken heard testimony from athletes including LSU gymnast and millionaire influencer Olivia Dunne on Monday. She acknowledged their concerns and asked attorneys for fresh feedback on several topics.
Hours before college basketball crowns its next men’s championship team, the future of college sports will be hanging in the balance in a California courtroom.
Dempsey oversaw the organization’s move from the Kansas City suburbs to Indianapolis in 1999 and helped reimagine how the governing body could work best in the 21st century.
At least four states are considering giving college athletes tax breaks on endorsement income.
Next weekend’s Final Four will have all four No. 1 seeds for just the second time in NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament history.
Big Ten player of the year Braden Smith added seven points and 15 assists to lead Purdue.
There’s a method to the madness that is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament—and it relies wholly on the collective involvement of thousands of NCAA and university staffers, contractors, local organizers, venue workers and volunteers.
Jeremy Pruitt is suing the Indianapolis-based NCAA for $100 million for lost and future wages.
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament resumes Thursday and Friday with regional play.
In an era of college basketball where the only true constant seems to be change, Painter remains a model of consistency.
The first round of the women’s tourney this year featured a near-record number of blowouts and noncompetitive games.
The Sweet 16, a popular destination for bracket-busting mid-majors, is made up entirely of teams from power conferences, a first since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
