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Classified in: Sports and recreation
Subject: LAW

Time is running out for Division I Athletes to participate in class action settlements


SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Division I Athletes have one more week to file a Claim Form or provide their contact/payment information in the In re College Athlete NIL Litigation and Hubbard v. National Collegiate Athletic Association settlements, announces Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP.

Division I Athletes have until January 31, 2025 to file a Claim Form, or submit contact information and a preferred payment method, to receive a payment from one or both class action settlements. Information must  be submitted online at collegeathletecompensation.com.

Payments under the settlements will be automatically made to the following athletes who have updated their contact information and payment method:

You must file a Claim Form to receive a settlement payment if:

Payments are the result of settlements reached in class-action lawsuits alleging the NCAA and Power Five Conferences broke antitrust laws by agreeing not to provide benefits and compensation to college athletes for their participation in college sports or for the use of their names, images and likenesses (NIL), agreeing to limit scholarships and scholarship amounts, and agreeing not to provide college athletes academic achievement awards.

"We strongly encourage NCAA college athletes to participate  before time runs out. They have waited far too long to reap the benefits of this historic, industry-changing settlement," said Steve Berman, managing partner and co-founder of Hagens Berman and Jeffrey L. Kessler, Winston's Co-Executive Chairman.