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Entertainment & Sports

Jul. 29, 2024

NCAA plaintiffs ask judge to approve $2.8B settlement

The settlement will also allow college athletes to receive direct benefits from schools, including up to 22% of the Power Five schools' average athletic revenues each year.

Plaintiffs' attorneys asked a federal judge in Oakland to approve a historic $2.8 billion settlement with the NCAA on Friday, telling the court the agreement will have a "profoundly positive impact" on college athletes' ability to compensate from their name and image rights.

"The settlement will also reshape the economic landscape of college sports, shepherding in changes to the defendants' longstanding and aggressively defended rules and achieving injun...

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