Newsstand: House vs. NCAA case settled, leading to new enforcement model
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Arizona State swimmer Grant House has been embroiled in his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, claiming that college athletes are entitled to a share of television revenue. Following a settlement, the NCAA will pay back damages to former athletes and now enforce a new college sports model that includes revenue sharing with student-athletes.
Now, in the wake of a landmark settlement agreement, the courts hold significant oversight over the industry’s new model and only Congress can prevent what some college leaders see as an inevitable end — athlete employment.
The NCAA and power conferences on Friday filed their 100-plus page long-form agreement in the settlement of three antitrust lawsuits (House, Hubbard and Carter), ushering in a future of athlete revenue sharing, expanding scholarships to full rosters and creating a historic enforcement system of arbitration overseen by the courts. The new concepts take effect at the start of the 2025-26 academic year next summer or fall.
The plaintiff attorneys, representing thousands of athletes who brought the class-action suits over athlete compensation or lack thereof, separately filed documents Friday detailing how they plan to distribute nearly $2.8 billion in back damages to former players over a 10-year period.
According to documents sent to Yahoo Sports, 83% of the back pay — $2.3 billion — is expected to go to an estimated 19,000 football and men’s basketball players, many of them from power conferences. That is an average of about $120,000 per player over the 10-year period, or $12,000 a year.
The back-damages formula could guide how schools distribute revenue going forward. The first back payments are due this coming spring after, presumably, the settlement is approved by presiding Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court of Northern California.
Under the new enforcement model, only “real NIL” will be allowed. However, that will be tough to determine, experts say, with collectives still set to play a role going forward.
Former Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, a Detroit Lions standout checks in No. 47 in the NFL’s top 100 players list. Another former U-M defensive end, Rashan Gary of the Green Bay Packers, slotted No. 50.
The Wolverine’s 160-page Michigan football preview magazine is available for order.
Quote Of The Day
“I look at our running back room as complementary to all of us. I told the guys, I told each and every one of our running backs I was going to out-work them. That was my challenge that, are you going to compete with me? Because I’m going to compete. Are you guys going to compete with me? And believe me, they have been competing.”
— Michigan senior running back Donovan Edwards
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