NCAA, power conferences file response to House settlement complaint over NIL deals, alleged CSC violations
The NCAA and power conferences across college athletics have filed a response to the House settlement’s complaints over NIL deals. They say the College Sports Commission is violating the deal by rejecting NIL deals. On3’s Pete Nakos obtained access to documents showing as such.
“CSC CEO Bryan Seeley’s declaration in House defendants joint response to plaintiffs challenge that the CSC is violating the settlement by rejecting MMR NIL deals,” Nakos said via X. CSC CEO Bryan Seeley’s declaration in House defendants joint response to plaintiffs challenge that the CSC is violating the settlement by rejecting MMR NIL deals. pic.
twitter. com/FgyYS93GYv — Pete Nakos (@PeteNakos) May 5, 2026 Bryan Seeley, who works for the CSC, had his declaration included. He spoke about there being third-party “NIL pools” to help schools pay student-athletes.
You can check out the full thing from Seeley down below. “Institutions have made arrangements with affiliated third parties to divert money into ‘NIL pools,’ wherein the 3rd party re-allocates corporate sponsorship dollars, which otherwise would be paid to schools, to specified student-athletes thru manufactured NIL deals-all,” Seeley said . SUBSCRIBE to the On3 NIL and Sports Business Newsletter The NCAA and power conferences also got their say on the matter.
When it comes to an NIL deal not getting cleared, they discussed what happens when the student-athlete disagrees with the decision. “If CSC does not clear a deal and a student-athlete believes CSC got it wrong, the remedy provided in the Settlement Agreement is arbitration—not dashed-off and devoid of-fact motions from Class Counsel seeking categorical relief,” they said . CSC has not cleared NIL deals worth over $29 million due to school sponsors and booster-operated companies In a new data release by the CSC in March, associated contracts tied to schools’ sponsors and booster-operated companies made up 63% of all NIL agreements in the last two months.