NCAA settlement on hold as judge requests changes on roster limits

NCAA settlement on hold as judge requests changes on roster limitsIRVING, Texas — The NCAA and power conferences’ settlement of three antitrust cases hangs in the balance.

In an order issued on Wednesday, a California judge announced that she will not approve the landmark House settlement unless changes are made to new roster limits — a concept that the settlement agreement imposes on schools and one leading to the elimination of roster spots for hundreds and, perhaps, thousands of athletes.

Claudia Wilken, the presiding judge in the case in the Northern District of California, is giving attorneys 14 days to implement a grandfather-in concept to roster limits, assuring those athletes who are…