June 6, 2025: A U.S. District Court judge approves the House settlement, resolving three class-actions suits involving the NCAA and the Autonomy 5 conferences. The agreement includes total back damages for student-athletes of approximately $2.78 billion, to be paid over 10 years. It also enables Division I schools to provide up to 22% of the average Autonomy 5 athletic, media, ticket and sponsorship revenue to student-athletes, starting at $20.5 million in the 2025-26 academic year. Additionally, it establishes clear and specific rules to regulate third-party name, image and likeness agreements, along with replacing scholarship limits with roster limits. June 6, 2025 73
March 20-21, 1964: The first College Division Swimming Championships are conducted at Grove City College. March 21, 2025 54
March 18-20, 1948: The first National Collegiate Ice Hockey Championships are conducted at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. March 20, 2025 51
Feb. 6, 2025: The NCAA Board of Governors votes to update the Association’s participation policy for transgender student-athletes following the Trump administration’s executive order. The new policy limits competition in women’s sports only to student-athletes assigned female at birth. February 6, 2025 52
Jan. 17, 2025: The NCAA adds women’s wrestling as its 91st championship sport. The NCAA’s first women’s wrestling championship will be in 2026. January 17, 2025 57
Oct. 10, 2024: Association leaders call on fans and social media platforms to curb abuse of student-athletes after the results of an NCAA study show rampant online harassment. October 10, 2024 53
Aug. 6, 2024: The Division III Presidents Council takes emergency legislative action to amend transfer rules. Transferring student-athletes no longer have to serve an academic year of residence before being eligible to compete. Student-athletes who transfer while academically ineligible would not be immediately eligible for competition but could regain eligibility after the first term at the new Division III school, based on the school’s academic standards for all student-athletes. August 6, 2024 53
Aug. 1, 2024: NCAA post-eligibility insurance coverage goes into effect for all student-athletes, and a series of Division I core guarantees that deliver increased benefits to college athletes goes into effect. The core guarantees include expanded health care coverage; increased mental health support; academic guarantees; and name, image and likeness resources. August 1, 2024 43
Summer 2024: More than 1,300 current, former and incoming NCAA athletes compete for 125 countries in the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. Fourteen Olympic teams are made up entirely of athletes with NCAA ties. August 1, 2024 42
April 23, 2024: Division II approves emergency legislation to eliminate its year-in-residence requirement for undergraduate student-athletes transferring between four-year schools and implement new academic standards for immediate eligibility. April 23, 2024 52
