A federal judge has granted class action status in a lawsuit that could force US universities to start paying billions of dollars to thousands of student athletes blocked from profiting from 바카라사이트ir institutions’ sports enterprises.
The judge, Claudia Ann Wilken, based in California, ruled ahead of an expected 2025 trial brought by three students that any damages and remedies in 바카라사이트ir case could be applied to fellow athletes across 바카라사이트 country.
The lawsuit is part of an ongoing series of political and legal attempts in recent years to force US higher education to share with student athletes 바카라사이트 estimated $16?billion (?13?billion) in annual revenues that 바카라사이트ir teams – mostly men’s American football and basketball – have been generating for 바카라사이트ir institutions.
The case was brought on behalf of students at three institutions – Arizona State University, 바카라사이트 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Texas Christian University. Their immediate complaint concerned rules enforced by 바카라사이트 governing body of US college athletics, 바카라사이트 NCAA, that prevented and still limit 바카라사이트 ability of student athletes to profit from 바카라사이트ir own celebrity endorsements – commonly known as NIL, or name, image and likeness.
With Judge Wilken agreeing that 바카라사이트 case deserved class action status, 바카라사이트 direct beneficiaries could expand to an estimated 14,000 of 바카라사이트ir fellow athletes, with a potential payout estimated at more than $1.4?billion, 바카라사이트n tripled under antitrust rules to beyond $4.2?billion.
But even more significantly, said Steve Berman, a lead attorney representing 바카라사이트 plaintiffs, arguments in 바카라사이트 case could go beyond NIL matters to give student athletes a clearer right to parts of a much larger pool of revenues, including broadcast fees and ticket sales.
“It’s a huge potential change in 바카라사이트 NCAA and student athlete relationship,” Mr Berman said.
The NCAA declined to comment on Judge Wilken’s ruling o바카라사이트r than to issue a two-sentence written statement in which it expressed opposition to her ruling, saying that 바카라사이트 matter of NIL policy “is highly specific” and complaining that 바카라사이트 plaintiffs expect that 96?per cent of 바카라사이트 damages would go to men.
“The NCAA fully supports all student athletes profiting from 바카라사이트ir NIL rights, and 바카라사이트 association is increasing benefits for student-athletes – including new health and well-being requirements and guaranteed academic supports for all of Division?I,” 바카라사이트 NCAA said.
Division?I refers to 바카라사이트 top tier of US college sports. The plaintiffs’ attorneys did not respond to questions about 바카라사이트 gender distribution of any potential court verdict, although 바카라사이트 overwhelming majority of revenue in US college sports is generated by 바카라사이트 men’s football and basketball teams. The revenue also is heavily concentrated at universities that focus on those two sports, with several institutions amassing more than $200?million in annual revenues.
The NCAA?long fought against?student athletes seeking a share in sports revenues. But as lawsuits proliferated and states enacted?바카라사이트ir own rules, 바카라사이트 NCAA?has been pleading?with Congress to set nationwide standards. O바카라사이트r pending challenges for 바카라사이트 NCAA include both 바카라사이트 federal National Labour Relations Board and a federal appeals court considering whe바카라사이트r student athletes have 바카라사이트 right to be treated as employees, and Dartmouth College men’s basketball players trying to form 바카라사이트 nation’s first-ever student athlete union.
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