On Thursday, federal judge Claudia Wilken refused to grant preliminary approval to the House v. NCAA antitrust settlement.
Judge Wilken ordered the attorneys negotiating the settlement to "go back to the drawing board" to resolve her concerns about the terms of the deal. She has multiple concerns, specifically a clause that would require any money boosters provide to athletes to be for a "valid business purpose.”
Judge Wilken gave attorneys representing the NCAA and the plaintiff class of athletes three weeks to confer and decide whether they could revise the language or need to proceed to trial.
Judge Wilken also told the attorneys she was concerned about future college athletes who are not yet members of the class action lawsuit but would be restricted by the terms of 10-year-long settlement when they begin their college sports career.
Should the sides not reach an agreement, all three anti-trust cases that are part of the proposed settlement would proceed toward trial. The House v. NCAA case was scheduled to go to trial in January 2025 prior to the parties announcing a settlement.
For Miami, the settlement delay could affect the university’s plans for a new football operations center and the establishment of a women’s softball program.
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