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| Court | United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Full case name | Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pac-12 Conference, The Big Ten Conference, Inc., The Big Twelve Conference, Inc., Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Judge sitting | Claudia Ann Wilken |
Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. is a class action lawsuit brought against theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and five collegiateathletic conferences in which the NCAA agreed to allow its member institutions to distribute funds toDivision I athletes who have played since 2016. A proposed settlement was approved from the court on June 6, 2025.
House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association was filed in theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2020,[1] against theNational Collegiate Athletic Association byArizona State University swimmer Grant House andTexas Christian University basketball player (University of Oregon in 2020)Sedona Prince. House and Prince sought name, image, and likeness damages and an injunction to force the NCAA and affiliated athletic conferences to lift restrictions on revenue sharing from broadcast rights. The case was assigned to judgeClaudia Ann Wilken, who previously decided in favor of the plaintiffs inO'Bannon v. NCAA (2014) andAlston v. NCAA (2020). In November 2023, Wilken granted class-action certification for the damages alleged to have been incurred, expanding the parties affected to any Division I athlete who played after 2016 with a four-year statute of limitations.[2]
On May 23, 2024, the National Collegiate Athletic Association voted to settle the lawsuit forUS$2.75 billion, agreeing to a revenue-sharing model allowing member institutions to distribute funds up toUS$20 million to Division I athletes who have played since 2016.[2] On June 6, 2025, Wilken approved the settlement.[3]
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