Posts tagged House v. NCAA
Players at the CFP Championship Are Talking About Unionizing
January 22, 2025 // Several miles away, in a ballroom at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead, there was a different sort of event: About 50 current and former players came together for a two-day summit—called the “College Football Players-Only Meeting”—to discuss college athlete organizing efforts. It was the latest in a growing number of organizing efforts across the college sports landscape, and is believed to be the first of its kind to take place at the College Football Playoff. The event was hosted by an advocacy group called Athletes.org, founded by former INFLCR CEO Jim Cavale, which hopes to one day become the main college athlete players association.
Plaintiffs’ letter adds wrinkle to $2.8 billion NCAA settlement
December 12, 2024 // Although the letter lauds the terms of the settlement, House, Prince and Harrison warned that without player representation in negotiations with their schools and conferences, athletes would "inevitably remain in a vulnerable position" and the industry would remain mired in "continued litigation." They asked for the court to "lend its imprimatur" to athletes' efforts to collectively negotiate in the future through a players' association.