Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the House settlement believe the NCAA and power conferences are “violating terms of the legal agreement and are threatening to report the wrongdoing to the court.” House plaintiff attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman requested that the NCAA and conferences “‘retract’ a statement of guidance released Thursday from the College Sports Commission” and “presumably, reinstate name, image and likeness deals that the CSC has denied -- many of them from booster-backed NIL collectives.” Kessler described the guidance as “not consistent” and “undermining” settlement terms. In a letter to the NCAA and power conferences, attorneys write that the collectives should “not be treated differently as other business.” They are “planning to bring the issue before Judge Nathanael Cousins." A CSC spokesperson in a statement said the guidance is “entirely consistent with the House settlement and the rules that have been agreed upon with class counsel” (YAHOO SPORTS, 7/11).
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