Lawyers for the NCAA, FBS conferences and plaintiffs involved in a cost of attendance lawsuit filed a motion Monday to "indefinitely" delay their case, strongly suggesting they're close to reaching a damages settlement.
Settling the case could pay former and current NCAA athletes for cost of attendance stipends the NCAA previously didn't allow them to receive. The lawsuit, filed in 2014 by former West Virginia football player Shawne Alston and later consolidated with other cases, claimed the NCAA and the conferences violated antitrust law by capping the value of an athletic scholarship at less than the actual cost of attending college.