Ray v. NCAA Volunteer Coach Litigation

Plaintiffs allege that the NCAA and member schools agreed, in the form of an NCAA bylaw, to prohibit the payment of compensation or benefits to a category of coaches designated under NCAA Division I bylaws as “Volunteer Coaches.” Plaintiffs claim that this prohibition was an illegal wage fixing conspiracy. Class member include all persons who, from March 17, 2019 to June 30, 2023, worked for an NCAA Division I sports program other than baseball in the position of “volunteer coach,” as designated by NCAA Bylaws.

The Settlement

The NCAA and Plaintiffs agreed to settle the lawsuit for approximately $303 million. If the Settlement is approved, NCAA will pay $303,000,000 in cash across three equal payments over two calendar years to resolve all Class Members’ claims against NCAA and all Defendant Released Parties for the Released Claims. The Net Settlement Fund—which will consist of the total Settlement Fund less court-approved attorneys’ fees, costs, expenses, and service awards—will be divided among all Class Members who filed timely and valid Claim Forms.

Your payment amount will depend on the school, sport, and year(s) in which you worked, the number of valid claims, the wages of the lowest paid coach on your team, the amount of court-approved deductions, and other factors. Valid claimants will receive a minimum $5,000 payment.

Sycamore Grove’s Solution

With the NCAA scheduled to make payments over a multi-year period, eligible class members will be forced to wait years to receive the full amount they are owed. Sycamore Grove can provide a tailored solution to accelerate payments. Generally speaking, Sycamore Grove will provide an up-front cash payment in exchange for a class member granting rights to future payments from the settlement

For more information, please reach out using the contact form below (or email us directly at Info@sycamoregroveclaims.com) and include information about the sport you coached at, at which school(s), and the start and end date of when you volunteered as a coach.

Sycamore Grove is not affiliated with class counsel or the settlement administrator and is not providing legal, investment, or tax advice to class members. For additional information regarding the status of the litigation, please visit https://ncaavolunteercoachlawsuit.com, the court-approved website for this case. The settlement website contains information about eligibility for compensation and specifics of the settlement term