Taylor Smart and Michael Hacker brought an antitrust challenge under Section 1 of the Sherman Act on behalf of a putative class of individuals who served as a “volunteer coach[es] in college baseball at an NCAA Division I school from November 29, 2018 to July 1, 2023.” In January 2025, the Plaintiffs and NCAA reached a settlement whereby the NCAA agreed to fund $49,250,000.00 to resolve the dispute, which is allocated as follows: 1) $32,917,797.61 in payments to class members; 2) $14,775,000.00 for Plaintiffs’ counsel’s fees and $1,377,052.39 for costs and expenses; 3) $30,150 to pay the settlement administrator and $35,150.00 to pay the economist for work on the settlement administration; 4) $7,500.00 in incentive awards for the two named plaintiffs; and 5) a contingency fund of $100,000.00. The District Court approved this allocation and confirmed the settlement by order on September 15, 2025.
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