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NCAA, leagues back $2.8 billion settlement, setting stage for current, former athletes to be paid
The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start steering millions of dollars...
Attorney says settlement being considered in NCAA antitrust case could withstand future challenges
One of the lead attorneys in a class-action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA said Monday that settlement talks are progressing as a deadline looms next week for the organization and major conferences to agree to a deal that would cost billions in damages and set up a groundbreaking...
Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need federal protection
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force schools to share athletics-related revenue with their athletes. But even if college sports leaders...
NCAA president: prop betting on college athletes 'enormously problematic'
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker has already been pushing for states with legal wagering to ban betting on individual performances for college athletes. Yet he's getting constant reminders of how pervasive it has become and how big of a challenge it will be to...
Massachusetts joins with NCAA, sports teams to tackle gambling among young people
BOSTON (AP) — Top Massachusetts officials joined with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to announce a new initiative aimed at tackling the public health harms associated with sports gambling among young people. Baker said those harms extend not...
