To follow and further emphasize the position of adbono about the NCAA, House himself, and 2 other plaintiffs have written directly to Judge Wilken about the proposed settlement. They emphasize the current proposal by the NCAA attempts to foreclose and limit NIL opportunities of future student/athletes who are not part of the class lawsuit and probably not even in college at this point. They raise what seems like a very valid position: how can the NCAA restrict and control those who aren’t part of the settlement especially when there has been no collective bargaining by the NCAA with the future student athletes whose future they are attempting to control?
For many, the House position illustrates clearly how the NCAA cares about only itself while cloaking its communications as advancing the interests of student/athletes.
Assuming the settlement gets approved in April, everyone should expect more litigation into the future by future student athletes. Assuming the Judge might agree with the House position, will the NCAA agree to settle on only the retro NIL aspects?
For anyone thinking April and approval will bring certainty, as the NCAA envisions, holding one’s breath could be ill advised.