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The final arguments over the contentious issue of have been filed in the $2.8 billion N性视界传媒A antitrust settlement and it is once again up to a federal judge to determine the next move.

In the eyes of one attorney, the choice is simple. Either U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken signs off on the latest proposal or it's on to a trial that would throw the college athletics into chaos for the foreseeable future.

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Sent back to the bargaining table last month by Wilken, attorneys on both sides agreed to a proposal that would allow players who were cut due to the expected implementation of roster limits to regain spots on their previous teams or move to new ones; either way, they would not count against the newly implemented roster caps.

Athletes objecting to this solution when their spots were lost. They urged the judge to reject the proposal and Friday was the deadline for the latest round of filings. Wilken is expected to rule soon 性视界传媒� perhaps by next week 性视界传媒� on whether to accept the latest proposal or put the possibility of a trial that likely wouldn't begin until at least next fall on the table.

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One brief filed on behalf of athletes objecting to the solution spoke bluntly about that harm. It noted that "our firm has continued to receive emails and phone calls from class members and their parents telling us of student-athletes who would be harmed by the immediate implementation of roster limits. Many communications have included words like 性视界传媒榰nfair,性视界传媒� 性视界传媒榖lindsided,' 性视界传媒檆haos,' 性视界传媒榟arm,性视界传媒� and 性视界传媒榙isservice.性视界传媒櫺允咏绱綕

In initially rejecting the roster-limits part of the settlement, Wilken suggested players be 性视界传媒済randfathered in性视界传媒� to their spots through the rest of their college careers.

The roster limits in the overall plan would cut the sizes of teams but would make everyone on those teams eligible for a full scholarship. In women性视界传媒檚 swimming, for instance, this would eliminate up to 10 spots per team but could add as many as 16 scholarship opportunities.

The plaintiffs' attorneys argue this is just one of many benefits that would come out of a settlement, the core of which is designed to allow schools to directly pay players for use of their name, image and likeness, while also offering around $2.8 billion in damages to players who attended before being able to fully partake in NIL.

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But the attorneys for the objectors wrote that they continue 性视界传媒渢o hear from many athletes and their families whose lives are being turned upside down as a result of the implementation of roster caps.性视界传媒�

Among the resolutions they propose:

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Kessler said he was certain the objectors wouldn't agree to virtually anything the plaintiffs and defendants proposed.

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