Antitrust NCAA Objections overruled

House v. NCAA

House v. NCAA

Stakes

Converts college athletics from an amateurism model to a revenue-share model with a per-school cap. The cap is the point: it replaces one compensation ceiling with another, and whether that survives the same antitrust scrutiny that killed the last one is the open question.

Details

Plaintiffs
Grant House, et al.
Defendants
NCAA, Power conferences
Venue
N.D. Cal.
Docket number
4:20-cv-03919
Posture
Judgment entered June 9, 2025. On September 3, 2026 the court overruled the objections to the continuation of the injunctive relief settlement (ECF 1158), having vacated the September 25 hearing on August 25 and resolved the objections on the papers. Implementation and Special Master discovery continue.
Judge
Claudia Wilken

Key dates

  • TBD (not yet scheduled) No hearing scheduled — the September 25, 2026 hearing was vacated and the objections were resolved on the papers

Timeline

  1. Sep 3, 2026

    Order overruling objections to the continuation of the injunctive relief settlement, re ECF 1145, 1149 and 1150. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken (ECF 1158).

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  2. Sep 1, 2026

    Three responses filed, including a declaration of Steve W. Berman (ECF 1155-1157).

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  3. Aug 25, 2026

    Clerk's notice vacating the September 25, 2026 hearing; the court will resolve objections to the continuation of the settlement agreement on the papers (ECF 1154).

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  4. Aug 19, 2026

    Special Master adopts the joint discovery proposal and requests a joint update by September 1 (ECF 1153).

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  5. Jun 15, 2020

    Complaint filed.

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Sources

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