Attorneys working to address judge’s qualms with NCAA settlement

“Attorneys negotiating a $2.78 billion settlement of class-action antitrust cases against the NCAA and the nation’s biggest college conferences are working to clarify parts of the agreement that a judge wanted addressed before deciding whether to let the landmark deal move forward.

At a hearing two weeks ago, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken declined to grant preliminary approval and expressed dismay with a plan to regulate and potentially restrict third-party name, image and likeness payments to athletes from booster-funded organizations called collectives.

Wilken set a Sept. 26 deadline for attorneys on both sides to report back to her with certain parts of the settlement agreement reworked.”