March 19, 1999

NCAA to Pay $55-Million to Settle Lawsuit by Assistant Coaches

By WELCH SUGGS

Now a fight is brewing over how to divide the settlement's cost among Division I members

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's biggest nightmare, as Charles T. Wethington described it, is over.

The association agreed last week to pay $54.5-million to settle a six-year court battle with a group of former assistant coaches whose salaries were capped by the N.C.A.A. from 1991 to 1995.

Mr.

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