Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be.
The NCAA along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference agreed on May 23 to the framework of a $2.77 billion settlement of multiple antitrust lawsuits that were challenging limits on college athlete compensation.
Indianapolis is already set to host the NIT semifinals and final in 2026, along with the NCAA Division I, II and III men’s title games.
The court, in the latest challenge to the Indianapolis-based NCAA’s long-held notion of “amateurism” in college sports, said a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort “crosses the legal line into work.”
Any penalties currently being served by student-athletes who previously tested positive for cannabinoids will be discontinued.
Many Division I schools expect their athletic budgets to be stressed by the House v. NCAA settlement, which would require back damages of $2.77 billion to be paid over 10 years to athletes.
The settlement could resolve three major antitrust lawsuits against the NCAA that carry the threat of some $20 billion in damages, a blow that would cripple the organization. The settlement includes dramatic changes to the NCAA’s amateur sports model.
A deadline looms next week for the NCAA and major conferences to agree to a deal that could cost billions in damages and set up a groundbreaking revenue-sharing system with college athletes.
The Protect The Ball Act is intended to provide legal safe harbor for the entities that run college sport, which has been under siege from antitrust lawsuits.
A settlement being discussed in an antitrust lawsuit against the Indianapolis-based NCAA and major college conferences could cost billions and pave the way for a compensation model for college athletes.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA fast-tracked rule changes to fall in line with a recent court order.
The NCAA announced Thursday the proposal would define “exemplary cooperation” more clearly while establishing its impact on possible penalties.
UConn joined the 2006-07 Florida Gators and the 1991-92 Duke Blue Devils as just the third team to repeat since John Wooden’s UCLA dynasty of the 1960s and 1970s.
NCAA President Charlie Baker expressed concerns about threats to the integrity of competition and harassment of athletes by bettors angry with their individual results.
Purdue big man Zach Edey has been an unstoppable force for two seasons. Edey’s size—7-foot-4, 300 pounds—usually forces teams to double him in the post. But UConn has 7-2, 280-pound Donovan Clingan in the middle.
Clark—who is expected to be the No. 1 pick in this month’s WNBA draft, where the Indiana Fever have the No. 1 pick—finished her four-year college career with 3,951 points, an NCAA record for both men and women.
Indiana State, which lost 79-77 to Seton Hall in the NIT championship game on Thursday, finished 32-7 and was among the first teams left out of the NCAA Tournament.
N.C. State poked and jabbed at the 7-foot-4 Edey and gave him fits over his 40 minutes on the floor, but he still dominated the battle of big men against 6-9, 275-pound Wolfpack forward DJ Burns Jr.
Painter was 35 when he took over for Keady. At 53, his Purdue teams have 471 victories and 16 NCAA tournament appearances in 19 years. And a berth in the Final Four.
The Sycamores (32-7) fell one win short of claiming their first national postseason title since the 1950 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship and one win short of the school’s single-season record.
