Nell Gluckman

1 week ago | chronicle.com | Nell Gluckman

This month, a judge approved a $2.8-billion settlement that will reshape college sports. The agreement, known colloquially as the House settlement, will create millions in new expenses for dozens of athletic departments by allowing colleges to pay players and removing limits to scholarships that campuses can award. Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.

3 weeks ago | chronicle.com | Nell Gluckman

A new era in college sports officially began Friday when a judge approved a long-anticipated settlement that will rewrite the rules around Division I athletes’ relationship to their colleges. The settlement ends three antitrust cases that challenged the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s amateurism principals and sought back pay for athletes who missed out on payments that were, until recently, prohibited.

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Nell Gluckman

College athletics programs are poised to enter a new reality. They have been for some time. A major settlement that would upend colleges’ relationship to their players — and commit millions of dollars to those athletes, their successors, and their predecessors — sits unsigned on a judge’s desk. Players who have already been cut by their teams as a consequence of that settlement are waiting to find out if they’ll be welcomed back.

2 months ago | chronicle.com | Nell Gluckman

Thousands of international students studying in the United States whose immigration status was revoked by the Department of Homeland Security this month may now see that status restored. On Friday, lawyers for the Trump administration said at a hearing that the department planned to reactivate the immigration status of students whose status had recently been revoked, Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.

2 months ago | chronicle.com | Nell Gluckman

A group of antitrust cases that have been looming over college athletics may be settled as soon as Monday. In these suits — House v. NCAA, Hubbard v. NCAA, and Carter v. NCAA — athletes sought damages for being barred from monetizing their names, images, and likenesses (NIL), and challenged the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s amateurism principles. A proposed settlement would do more than just award them damages; it would undo longstanding rules governing athletics and usher in a new era.