Fall sports kicked off on campus with athletics departments wrestling through complex issues related to conference realignment, increased scrutiny from the National Labor Relations Board, and challenges implementing name, image, and likeness (NIL). In May 2024, the parties to the House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA, and Carter v. NCAA, class action litigation – a trio of cases brought by current and former student-athletes against the NCAA and the Power 5 Conferences – announced they’d reached a potential resolution. However, after a recent fairness hearing before the U.S. District of Northern California, the Court directed the parties to go “back to the drawing board,” and then days later a new lawsuit was filed that challenged the fairness of the putative settlement agreement for non-power conference schools, and female student-athletes.
Please join us for a 30-minute briefing during which NACUA member-experts, LaKeisha Marsh and James Nussbaum will provide an overview of the latest developments in the ongoing House settlement efforts and related litigation and share their thoughts on how these cases are most likely to impact higher ed, and college athletics.
This Briefing will be of benefit to college and university attorneys, as well as their athletics department and compliance colleagues.