COLUMBIA, Mo. — A former Missouri football player and current MU swimmer have filed objections to the pending $2.8 billion legal settlement that stands to reshape the structure of college sports.
D'Andre McKenzie, a walk-on cornerback who spent four seasons with the Tigers (2012-2015), and Seth Cannon, a freshman swimmer, submitted written objections this week to a settlement in the ongoing House v. NCAA case, a piece of federal litigation that, if approved, will add revenue sharing with athletes to college sports and deliver backpay damages to more than 100,000 current and former athletes.
McKenzie's objection is concerned with the distinction between scholarship and walk-on athletes in the ability to receive those damages — walk-ons cannot receive the same backpay as athletes who were on scholarship.