COLUMBIA, Mo. — A former Missouri football player has filed an objection 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 between 2012-2015, submitted a written objection 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.