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

'It isn't about the money' CofC athletes file appeal against NCAA settlement

Former College of Charleston soccer player Riley Haas is among eight female athletes that have filed an appeal to last week’s landmark NCAA antitrust settlement.

Sean Keeler: Why is this Colorado woman fighting historic NCAA settlement? It’s not about money. It’s about Title IX.

DENVER — For Kacie Breeding, this was never about dollars. It was about sense. “This isn’t about football and basketball,” said Breeding, a Boulder resident, engineer and former Vanderbilt runner who’s one of eight plaintiffs who filed an appeal against…

How the Michigan athletic department is adjusting in the revenue-sharing era

The revenue-sharing era of college sports is officially here.  After five years of litigation, Judge Claudia Wilken approved a settlement between the NCAA, its power conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The settlement is a long time coming. For years, the NCAA maintained that college athletes were “amateurs,”, receiving fair compensation in the form of their academic scholarships and other benefits, despite top athletic …

BILL LEWIS: Money, Money, Everywhere

College Athletic Directors are jumping for joy nationwide. And athletes who have competed in college since 2016 are soliciting financial advisors. Why all the hoopla? Perhaps you’ve read about a judge approving a settlement of nearly $3 billion for schools…

UMaine has 2 more weeks to decide on NCAA settlement

The NCAA has extended its deadline for schools to opt in or out of the historic settlement that opens the door for college institutions to pay athletes directly. A previous deadline of June 15 has been pushed back to June 30. That means the University of Maine and other Division I schools now have until June 30 to decide whether to opt into the landmark settlement between the NCAA and student athletes for the coming athletic year. A statement on…

Why thousands of NCAA athletes might wait more than a year for share of $2.8 billion settlement

The attorney who negotiated the $2.8 billion legal settlement for the NCAA said Friday that thousands of former athletes due to receive damages could have to wait months or maybe more than a year to get paid while appeals play out. Rakesh Kilaru, who served as the NCAA’s lead counsel for the House settlement that was approved last week, told The Associated Press an appeal on Title IX grounds filed this week will hold up payments due to around 39…