NCAA’s $2.8 Billion Player-Pay Deal Faces Athlete Objections

Some current and former college athletes are raising objections as a judge weighs a deal that would require the NCAA to pay $2.8 billion in damages for its past restrictions on athlete compensation.

More than a dozen objections were filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California by the Jan. 31 deadline, with some of them taking issue with a deal provision that will send most of the settlement proceeds to male athletes. They claim the deal discounted Title IX regulations.

The moves represent a final plea from the parties ahead of an April hearing on ...