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The NCAA has approved a controversial plan to have its Division I schools--large and small--share the burden of paying $54.5 million to coaches whose earnings were unlawfully restricted.
The organization must pay the settlement--its largest ever--after 2,000 coaches successfully contested a rule that capped their annual salaries at $16,000 from 1992 to 1995.
A third of the money will come from NCAA reserves, with the remaining $36.25 million supplied by 310 Division I members. Each school’s share is determined by the basketball conference to which it belongs.
USC and UCLA must pay $195,855 each.
Left-hander Matt Lynch pitched a six-hitter as Team USA beat Venezuela, 6-2, at the Junior Pan American Championships in Caracas, Venezuela. The victory clinched the top spot in Pool A for Team USA (5-0), which plays Guatemala today for the right to advance to the IBA World Championships in August.
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