NCAA Nears Settlement in Antitrust Case That Could Raise Aid to Athletes

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is close to settling a huge antitrust lawsuit that could lead colleges to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more every year to their athletes.

The class-action case, scheduled to go to trial this month in federal court in California, accuses the NCAA of creating a hardship for college athletes by capping the amount of scholarship aid they may receive. Full athletics awards at Division I colleges include tuition, fees, books, and

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