Three major Kansas universities will be scrambling for money to keep their athletics programs competitive under a proposed class-action settlement that would force them to share revenue with student athletes, Kansas lawmakers were told Friday.
Doug Girod, chancellor for the University of Kansas, laid out the difficult financial future that lies ahead in the aftermath of a class-action lawsuit alleging that NCAA rules were anti-competitive and violated antitrust laws in a way the athletes were denied income.
Joined by officials from Kansas State and Wichita State, Girod explained the implications of $2.8 billion in damages that . . .
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