I’ve read a little more about the settlement now that it’s final. It’s not at all my area of law, so I claim no specific expertise on this. I think the plaintiff class included past and present NCAA student athletes, so unless an individual specifically opted out of the class by a deadline, they’re bound by the settlement, which covers the next 10 school years. I don’t know how the class could include unknown future athletes because people in that group couldn’t know to opt out. How could a 10 year old know to opt out of a class action lawsuit that they wouldn’t be subject to until 8 years from now? Anyway, that’s a tangent.
But if current and future athletes are bound by this settlement, I don’t know what standing they would have to sue the NCAA, the conferences, the schools or other class members as they implicitly agreed to the terms of the settlement which caps their income.
Same with the NIL Clearinghouse. Athletes who disagree with any denials have to submit to arbitration and can’t sue as per the settlement.
If any athletes sue over this, the case gets sent to Judge Wilkin and how do you think she’ll rule?
But like I saw, this isn’t my area of law and I’m not at all a trial lawyer, so I don’t know how any of this works.