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4:20-cv-03919
California Northern
Anti-Trust
Class Action
Claudia Wilken
College athletes urged a California federal magistrate judge Wednesday to find their deals with multimedia rights companies and third-party brand sponsors aren't subject to oversight by the College Sports Commission, a new entity created following the NCAA's landmark $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement.
A California federal magistrate judge has turned down a group of athletes' objection to a proposed addition to the $2.78 billion settlement with the NCAA that the group said would disproportionately benefit men in major revenue college sports.
A group of female athletes told a California federal judge that attempts to eliminate certain revenue streams from the NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement benefits mostly male athletes while diminishing the protections for women in college sports.
College athletes' attempt to go through the courts to exempt certain revenue streams from NCAA oversight is an end-run around the resolution they reached in last year's $2.78 billion class action settlement, the association has told a California federal judge.
From a landmark settlement that looks to reshape the future of college athletics to an eye-popping victory for a golf legend, the sports legal world was teeming with cases that commanded attorneys' attention throughout 2025.
The NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with college athletes who sought compensation for their name, image and likeness survived objections from seven athletes who lodged various claims of discrimination and inadequate representation for future athletes.
California Polytechnic State University athletes criticized the NCAA's $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement, telling a California federal judge during a hearing Thursday that it has harmed women's sports and caused inequitable cuts, while class counsel defended the deal, saying that it specifically preserves class members' Title IX rights.
The members of a college swimming and diving team that was eliminated by its school last March should blame the school itself for its demise, not the negotiators of a $2.78 billion class action athlete compensation settlement, the NCAA and the athlete class representatives told a California federal court in response to their objections.
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA beat the majority of claims over its former transgender policy, but faced a new lawsuit in New York, along with the State University of New York, stemming from its current ban of transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
Four former swimming and diving team members at California Polytechnic State University have filed objections in federal court to the NCAA's $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement, after university officials pointed to the financial consequences of the settlement as the reason the swimming and diving program was eliminated.