

One common argument I’ve seen online is that Judge Wilken was already exposed to objections before granting preliminary approval. However, this update is meant to highlight how much opposition to House v. NCAA has grown 📈 since then.
At the time of preliminary approval, only three objections were filed ✍️. Shortly after, a Q&A document was released 📄, and more information about the settlement became available. As details emerged, it became increasingly clear that this settlement is a terrible idea 🚨.
The slow and gradual release of crucial information 🐢 has been deeply frustrating—and at times, it almost feels deliberate 🤨. Now, as you can see, the number of objections for final approval has surged 📢, reflecting just how much the sentiment against this settlement has grown.
Credit to Sam Ehrlich's Case Tracker (Link) for all of the information listed below.
Preliminary Approval Objections:
- Pre-Preliminary Approval Opposition to Settlement (Fontenot Plaintiffs) (filed 8/9/2024)
- Pre-Preliminary Approval Opposition to Settlement (Rowers and Other Women Athletes) (filed 8/9/2024)
- Pre-Preliminary Approval Opposition to Revised Settlement Agreement (Hausfeld) (filed 10/2/2024)
Final Approval Objections:
- U.S. Department of Justice Statement of Interest on the Proposed Settlement (filed 1/17/2025)
- Anonymous Letter (NCAA Recruiting Class of 2025) (filed 11/22/2024)
- Letter from Dawn Jevnick (Athlete Parent) (filed 11/22/2024)
- Letter from Kevn Cuneen Jr (Athlete Parent) (filed 11/22/2024)
- Letter from John Weidenbach (Michigan football player) (filed 12/11/2024)
- Letter from Noah Henderson (former athlete and SI writer) (filed 12/26/2024)
- Anonymous Letter (High School Senior Basketball Player) (filed 12/30/2024)
- Letter from Kwame Etwi (ex-TAMU football player) (filed 1/6/2025)
- Letter from Keaton Rice (Auburn swimmer) (filed 1/10/2025)
- Letter from Michael LeRoy (University of Illinois professor) (filed 1/21/2025)
- Letter from Camden Dempsey (University of Colorado football player) (objection to settlement on behalf of 92 Big 12 athletes) (filed 1/21/2025)
- Letter from David Kasemervisz (Stanford football player) (objection) (filed 1/24/2025)
- Letter from Lathrop GPM (objection) (filed 1/25/2025)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Leonard B. Simon in Opposition to Final Approval of the Injunctive Aspects Of the Settlement (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from an Anonymous Concerned Parent (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from an Anonymous Concerned Athlete (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Blaine Mynatt (parent of NMSU swimmer) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from De Ann Woodall-Watson (parent of Utah swimmer) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Gannon Flynn (Utah swimmer) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Jelena Sever (former UW-Milwaukee soccer player) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Megan and Kevin Lang (parents of Ohio women's soccer player) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Whitney Ward (parent of Kentucky diver) (filed 1/27/2025)
- Letter from Larry Wright III (former Minnesota football player) (filed 1/28/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on Behalf of Classes of Past, Current, and Future NCAA College Athletes (Anderson, Bohannon, Brown, Ili, Larry, McCutcheon, Sermons, Sermons) (Hausfeld) (filed 1/29/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on Behalf of Certain African American Former D1 College Athletes (O'Bannon Jr. & Anderson) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on the Basis of Title IX (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from D’Andre McKenzie (ex-Mizzou football) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from Gerry Goldstein (men's volleyball parent) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on behalf of Alex Vogelsong (ex-Auburn golf; Fontenot and Cornelio Attorneys) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from Olivia Dunne (LSU gymnastics) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from Lawyers for Reese Brantmeier and Maya Joint (tennis players) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letters from Seth Cannon (Mizzou swimmer) and Parents (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from Buchalter PC on Behalf of Anonymous D1 Olympic Sport Athletes (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from Activate Sports Management (on behalf of ASU athletes) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement (Menke, Dunn, Levy, Moore, Bishop, Barr, Yarich, Holp, Forman, Leak, Weidenbach, Hollingshead, Wheatley) (MoloLamken) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Declarations of Division I Coaches in Opposition to Roster Limits (exhibit to MoloLamken brief) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Declarations of John Weidenbach, Lance Hollingshead, and Rachel Wheatley in Opposition to Roster Limits (exhibit to MoloLamken brief) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Declarations of 152 Injunctive Relief Settlement Class Members in Opposition to Roster Limits (exhibit to MoloLamken brief) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Declaration of Marcel Dancy (ex-Cal football) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on behalf of Thomas Castellanos (Florida State football) (filed 1/31/2025)
- Letter from John Jace Christmann V (former Mississippi State & Florida football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Jason Thompson (current Stanford football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Logan Berzins (former Stanford football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Rachel Garcia (former UCLA softball) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Dorsey Gibson (former Stanford football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Benjamin Burr-Kirven (former Washington football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Charlotte North (former Duke & BC women's lacrosse) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Joseph Kale Lucas (former Stanford football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Porter Gustin (former USC football) (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Anonymous (filed 2/3/2025)
- Declaration of Avery Martin (filed 2/3/2025)
- Declaration of Nicholas Martin (filed 2/3/2025)
- Declaration of Thomas Bryce Spangler (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Anonymous Voice in Sport Foundation (filed 2/3/2025)
- Letter from Griffin Waiss (former Stanford football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Jason Amsler (former Stanford football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Brief in Objection to Settlement on behalf of Provonsha Wells (TCU football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Anonymous "Concerned Bruin Parent" (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Adam Rourke (Stanford football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Brayden Hagle (Stanford football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Aidan Siers (Auburn swimming) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Vincenzo Granatelli (former Arizona State football) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Sarah Brooke Baker (former North Carolina and Vanderbilt women's lacrosse) (filed 2/4/2025)
- Letter from Gracelyn Laudermilch (high school senior cross country and track athlete) (filed 2/4/2025)