Dive Brief:

• The NCAA said on Monday that it has agreed to pay $20 million to Division 1 college football and basketball players to settle a lawsuit that accused it of exploiting their names and images in Electronic Arts video games.
• The settlement brings the total amount of funds awarded in such cases to $60 million, with $40 million to be paid by EA and Collegiate Licensing Company.
• The videogame lawsuits are separate from the Ed O’Bannon anti-trust case, which is seeking to end the NCAA’s rules against paying college athletes for using their names and images. That trial began Monday.

Dive Insight:

Monday’s settlement was for a lawsuit that had been filed by former Arizona State and Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller. In a statement, the NCAA’s chief legal officer said that the association will not consider payments to athletes from the settlement fund as “pay for athletics performance.” The video game settlements are pending court approvals. The Keller case settlement covers athletes who were used in EA video games after 2005, while the other settlement dates back to 2003 and includes athletes who weren’t featured in games.