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NCAA releases details of proposed $2.78 billion settlement with former athletes

The NCAA and its top five conferences have proposed paying about $3 billion to former athletes to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit. The proposed agreement would regulate payments from boosters while also paving the way for schools to directly compensate athletes. “NCAA college athletes have waited decades for this moment, and now they are finally […]

Lobbying World: NCAA scores new government relations director

of NCAA We have a new Director of Government Relations. Kevin McColoughMcColough is the former director of federal relations at Northeastern University and also served as deputy chief of staff for federal affairs to former Massachusetts Governor and current NCAA president Charlie Baker (R-Massachusetts). FGS Global Tapped Josh Zuker As chief of antitrust and competition, […]

Arch Manning gets huge payment from EA after NCAA 25 holdout

After refusing for months to take part in the upcoming game, star college quarterback Arch Manning is reportedly set to receive a large payment from video game publisher Electronic Arts. Manning is the youngest star in a famous football family, whose uncles are Super Bowl champions Peyton and Eli, and whose grandfather was football legend […]

Transgender NCAA champion vows to take ‘all the records’

The former NCAA track and field champion, who identifies as a woman, said she plans to return to sports to set the next record as a female athlete. CeCe Telfer wins the women’s NCAA national championship. 400m Hurdles It was one of a series of incidents in 2019 that highlighted the dominance of male athletes […]

1983 championship team sues NCAA for NIL compensation

Forty-one years later, 10 members of the 1983 national champion North Carolina State University basketball team are suing the NCAA and a university licensing company, alleging that their likenesses were used without their permission. In 1983, North Carolina State won the NCAA Championship in dramatic fashion, 54-52, thanks to a last-minute dunk by Lorenzo Charles. […]

St. John’s makes return to NCAA baseball tournament for first time since 2018

Mike Hampton picked up his phone to find more than 1,000 text messages of congratulations. After St. John’s won the Big East Tournament, friends, family and many of the former St. John’s legendary players, including John Franco, Rich Aurilia, Joe Panik and CJ Nitkowski, reached out. It’s a reminder of what the program means to […]