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Lawyers for a group of female athletes who objected to the House-NCAA settlement have filed notice that they are appealing Judge Claudia Wilken's decision to grant final approval of the agreement: https://t.co/GSvhabxy4V

Lawyers for a group of female athletes who objected to the House-NCAA settlement have filed notice that they are appealing Judge Claudia Wilken's decision to grant final approval of the agreement.

With House-NCAA settlement having gotten final approval, members of U.S. House of Representatives have moved into action with two new legislative proposals regarding national rules for college sports: https://t.co/smOzEPV5AQ

2 members of U.S. House -- 1 Republican, 1 Democrat -- introduce wide-ranging college-sports bill: https://t.co/DIDiEODIjX

With @JasonWolf getting to the bottom line on Dillingham's bonus for team's recently published NCAA APR score ($290,000) and other amounts connected to team academics, Dillingham will collect at least $3.056 million for 2024-25 school year.

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Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham has earned more bonus money in a single school year than any coach in college football history, surpassing former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. ⁦#ForksUp @azcentral⁩ ⁦@USATODAY⁩ https://t.co/AwLZKRqmri

NCAA commissioners pledge to follow NIL rules governing college athletics after settlement https://t.co/GE6UEhOsh1 via @usatoday

The House-NCAA settlement getting final approval from a federal district judge last night answers one question about the future of college sports, but raises many more. A look at those -- and some answers, at least as of now: https://t.co/UkW75hk6EC

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken grants final approval of House-NCAA settlement: https://t.co/FS9BmayEwg

Sampson made $4.6 million this past season, had been set to make $4.8 million for 2025-26 season.

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New 4-year contract between University of Houston and men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson calls for him to have basic annual pay of $5.5 million next two seasons, then $6M for 2027-28 and $6.5M for 2028-29. But in addition, there's also an usual deferred compensation setup: https://t.co/wwD7tLwmUW

New 4-year contract between University of Houston and men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson calls for him to have basic annual pay of $5.5 million next two seasons, then $6M for 2027-28 and $6.5M for 2028-29. But in addition, there's also an usual deferred compensation setup: https://t.co/wwD7tLwmUW

Not guessing about what it means, but moments ago -- less than an hour after the principals in proposed House settlement asked for an adjustment to a Friday deadline for a pretrial filing that would be due from the NCAA and conferences, Judge Claudia Wilken granted that

Including the severance, his base pay for 10.5 months as head coach and $240,000 reported as bonus pay (bonus could have been for goals met in 2022 season), Babers was credited with $13 million in total pay for 2023 calendar year

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Syracuse Univ paid former football head coach Dino Babers nearly $8.9 million in severance in 2023 calendar year, school's new federal tax records show. He was fired in mid-November 2023. No immediate comment from school about whether this is full amount of buyout to Babers.

Syracuse Univ paid former football head coach Dino Babers nearly $8.9 million in severance in 2023 calendar year, school's new federal tax records show. He was fired in mid-November 2023. No immediate comment from school about whether this is full amount of buyout to Babers.

RT @AdamSparks: If Tennessee chooses state law over NIL pledge, it risks being kicked out of SEC. Is this for real? Well, yeah. But let's…

Lawyers for NCAA and Power 5 conferences have submitted their reply regarding objections to the revised proposed settlement of House litigation. It's now up to U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to decide. https://t.co/pmqy56iwnS