House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

Court| United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Full case name| Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pac-12 Conference, The Big Ten Conference, Inc., The Big Twelve Conference, Inc., Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference
Court membership
Judge(s) sitting| Claudia Ann Wilken

Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. is a settled class action lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and five collegiate athletic conferences in which the NCAA agreed to allow its member institutions to distribute funds to Division I athletes who have played since 2016.

## Lawsuit[edit]

House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Collegiate Athletic Association by Arizona State University swimmer Grant House and Texas Christian University basketball player Sedona Prince. House and Prince sought name, image, and likeness damages and an injunction to force the NCAA and affiliated athletic conferences to lift restrictions on revenue sharing from broadcast rights. The case was assigned to judge Claudia Ann Wilken, who previously decided in favor of the plaintiffs in O'Bannon v. NCAA (2014) and National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston (2021). In November 2023, Wilken granted class-action certification for the damages alleged to have been incurred, expanding the parties affected to any Division I athlete who played after 2016 with a four-year statute of limitations.[1]

## Settlement[edit]

On May 23, 2024, the National Collegiate Athletic Association settled the lawsuit for US$2.75 billion, agreeing to a revenue-sharing model allowing member institutions to distribute funds up to US$20 billion to Division I athletes who have played since 2016.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Vannini, Chris; Auerbach, Nicole; Emerson, Seth; Williams, Justin (May 23, 2024). "NCAA, power conferences approve settlement that makes way for players to be directly paid". The Athletic. Retrieved May 23, 2024.