Ten athletic directors are taking on the biggest lift in college sports, figuring out how to enforce new rules that will come into play when terms of the landmark $2.8 billion antitrust settlement reconfiguring their industry go into effect this summer. The NCAA and five conferences named as defendants in the House settlement on Wednesday revealed a list of the ADs on the Settlement Implementation Committee, along with the tasks they’re being asked to tackle for the rollout of a new system that will go into effect July 1, assuming a federal judge approves the settlement after a hearing on April 7. The 10 athletic directors on the committee are: Trev Alberts, Texas A&M; Scott Barnes, Oregon State; Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky; J Batt, Georgia Tech; Ross Bjork, Ohio State; Pat Chun, Washington; John Cunningham, Cincinnati; Graham Neff, Clemson; Anne McCoy, Washington State; and Desiree Reed-Francois, Arizona.Read More
Group of 10 athletic directors in charge of enforcing new rules under college sports lawsuit
By EDDIE PELLS
