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That could be a significant sticking point for the NCAA, one of six defendants in the case along with the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC and Pac-12 conferences. The first settlement draft calls for the NCAA and its members to pay $2.78 billion in damages to past and current athletes, who are suing over various restrictions on compensation. It also creates a landscape-altering model in which schools

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) is receiving a boost from an outside group soliciting college athletes in Montana to endorse the embattled red-state incumbent. The initiative exploits new NCAA guidelines allowing college athletes to monetize their name and branding to essentially pay collegiate athletes to make a political endorsement. “In early August, athletes from the University of Montana received

These are the teams that have the best odds of making the new 12-team College Football Playoff, according to our model. The top four seeds go to the highest-ranked conference champions, with a fifth conference champion making the bracket too. How teams stack up in the race for automatic bids, first-round home games and staying on the right side of the bubble. We create an offensive and