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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

NCAA, Power 5 Facing Potential $1B NIL Lawsuit

  • Attorneys are seeking up to $1 billion in a case against the NCAA and Power 5 conferences.
  • The case argues for NIL-related backpay for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 season.
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The NCAA and its biggest conferences could be facing a $1 billion lawsuit.

On Tuesday, attorneys representing two former college athletes filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and Power 5 conferences seeking retroactive educational payments for college athletes related to the 2021 Alston Supreme Court case. The two firms won the Alston case in June 2021.

Winston & Strawn LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP argued that in light of the Alston ruling — which in part allows schools to offer $5,980 per athlete as “educational benefits” — between 5,000 and 20,000 athletes are owed back payments between 2018 and 2020. The damages are therefore worth between $200 million and $1 billion.

Carolina Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard, formerly of Oklahoma State, and Auburn track athlete Keira McCarrell are the named plaintiffs in the case.

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“Despite all these NIL deals, the NCAA is doing great,” Winston & Strawn co-executive chairman Jeffrey L. Kessler told Sports Illustrated. “There’s been no harm for consumer interest or competitive balance. I think most people would say that the NCAA and its various sports are successful as they’ve ever been.”

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