Friday's deadline for filing objections to the nearly $2.8B NCAA antitrust settlement yielded "more than a dozen legal challenges representing hundreds of college athletes attacking the landmark deal." Sources said that the deal is "still likely to be approved,” but some objections have the “potential to delay, reshape or derail it.” Any significant delay in the settlement could “create a new wave of chaos for college athletic departments that have made plans to begin paying their athletes this summer." The concerns raised included claims that “future limits on how much schools can give to their athletes create a new illegal cap" and that the $2.8B damages payout “is too low." There also was concern that the clause that places a limit on team rosters could “eliminate thousands of opportunities for athletes to play Division I sports in the future.” Judge Claudia Wilken has scheduled a hearing on the settlement for April 7 (ESPN.com, 1/31).
NCAA settlement met with legal challenges
