Attorney: NCAA antitrust lawsuits settlement to be filed Friday - ESPN

The full settlement agreement of antitrust lawsuits involving the NCAA and college sports' wealthiest conferences is expected to be filed with a federal court by the end of the week, an attorney for the defendants told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

«I expect that we will file Friday,» said Steve Berman, the Seattle-based attorney of the Hagens Berman law firm.

The NCAA, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference, agreed May 23 to the framework of a $2.77 billion settlement of multiple antitrust lawsuits that were challenging limits on college athlete compensation.

In addition to the damages the NCAA will pay out to eligible former and current college athletes from the case known as House v. NCAA, the association and conferences have agreed to a plan to allow schools to share revenue generated by athletics with athletes. Schools will be permitted to divert about $22 million to their athletes starting in 2025, a number that is expected to rise as athletic revenues rise for power conference schools.

There were still plenty of details to work out for the revenue-sharing plan, most notably roster limits for sports that will replace scholarship limits. The conferences have been working both separately and together on roster limits.

«Yeah, there's a lot to unpack in the House settlement,» Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti told reporters at conference football media days in Indianapolis on Tuesday. «That new model is going to require a lot of changes in terms of how we operate. We now have a situation where schools can provide benefits directly to student-athletes. There's a cap on that system. We have to monitor what schools are spending, so you need a reporting system there