The House vs. NCAA Settlement by approved by Judge Claudia Wilkens on Friday, June 6th in an order filed just before the weekend. After two delays and signalling yet another , the judge approved the House settlement, paving the way for the NCAA to directly begin compensating players through a revenue sharing agreement. Additional lawsuits and legislative actions are expected, but the settlement resolved a total of three open lawsuits.
The final ruling was facilitated by a new agreement between the NCAA and the plaintiffs that slightly tweaked the treatment of athletes who would have been impacted by new limits on roster size. This modification was filed just last night. For gymnastics, this roster limit will be 20. Under the terms of the settlement, those athletes who who have been impacted by the roster limits can be accepted by another program, and not count against the new school's roster limit. These athletes are "grandfathered "into the existing roster or may seek a transfer without impacting the new team. In anticipation of this new limit, teams have taken the effort to identify their "designated student athletes" and a preliminary list has been delivered for review by the plaintiff's counsel. The agreement says that this list must be finalized within 30 days and be made available to class members by the counsel. There is a new process in place to appeal placement on the list and to ensure the efforts meet the "good faith" standard outlined in the order. The NCAA has yet to signal if the transfer portal will re-open.
The judge also denied a stay of the settlement, meaning it can go into effect as planned, even if an appeal is filed.
The new revenue sharing model will create a pool of up to roughly $20.5M per school. Nearly all of that money will likely go to Football and Men's basketball at each school, although several parties have signaled an intent to litigate.
The settlement also includes payments from a fund of $2.8B to athletes who could not benefit from Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals in prior seasons.
Shortly after the filing, the College Sports Commission was launched by the major conference to manage the new settlement and enforce its provisions.
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Link: Yahoo Artlcle on Roster Limit Change
Maggie Murphy will transfer to Penn for next season, after spending her first season at Maryland. She tied for 5th on FX and placed 32nd AA at the 2024 Women's Development Program L10 Nationals, after winning the BB and AA at the Region 6 Regional meet. She also tied for 15th AA in 2023. She competed thrice on VT for the Terps, hitting a career high 9.875 at Regionals.
Link: Insta
Adele Ossi, a L10 from First State who was signed with Clemson, has switched and will accept a scholarship at Arizona State, starting next season. Ossi recently placed 37th AA at the 2025 Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
Kyanna "Kiki" Crabb has committed to Oregon State, starting in 2025-2026. She is technically a community college transfer, spending her first year there while training at her home club of Naydenov. She recently 3rd AA and 7th(t) on VT in the All Star session of the 2025 Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals.
Link: Insta
Noella Marshall, a L10 from the All American Flames, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Alabama, starting in 2025-2026. She recently tied for 3rd on VT and 43rd AA at the 2025 Women's Development Program L10 Nationals. She also finished 1st on VT and FX at the 2025 Region 5 L10 Regionals. She's a three-time L10 National qualifier.
Link: Insta
Reagan Sams, aftner spending her first season at Ohio State, will transfer to SEMO. As a L10 at Aspire, she was a two-time L10 Regional qualifier. She did not compete as a frosh.
Link: Insta
Iowa State has hired Jazmyn Estrella and Mary Wise as their new assistant coaches. Estrella is a former gymnast at USU and Temple, and has spent the last two seasons as an assistant at UNH. Wise was a team coach at Air Force and a former club coach at the Iowa Gym-Nest.
Link: Release
Illinois State has announced the hiring of Cassandra Ringer as their new Head Coach. Ringer was formerly an assistant at Ball State since 2018. She was a graduate assistant and choreographer for the Redbirds in 2017-2018. She replaces Bob Conkling, who retired after this past season.
Link: Release
Brook Pierson, a senior elite from World Champions Centre, has committed to a full scholarship offer at Georgia, starting next season. She was previously signed with Clemson.
Link: Insta
Jessica Schaffer, a L10 from Desert Lights, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at Washington, starting in 2025-2026. A three-time L10 Regional qualifier, placed 3rd AA at the Arizona state L10 with a 37.975.
Link: Insta
Brianna Baechle. a L10 from Olympia, has committed to continue her academic and athletic career at San Jose State, starting in 2025-2026. Last month, she tied for 7th on FX and 43rd AA in the Senior F division at the Women's Development Program Level 10 Nationals. She also qualified to Nationals in 2024.
Link: Insta
Rachel Goldstein will transfer from Iowa State to Illinois for next season. She competed once on UB and on BB for the Cyclones in early January.
Link: Insta
Sydney Enriquez, a L10 from Victory Elite, has signed to a full scholarship with Illinois, starting in 2025-2026. She competed L10 this past season in the AA and in a few events in 2024. As a Level 9 in 2023, she won FX and placed 8th AA at the Level 9 Eastern Nationals.
Link: Insta and Recruiting Insta
The Canadian Championships are being held this week, and some future and current NCAA stars are in action. Here's how they did:
Ashlynd Werner, a L10 at Evolution Gymnastics Academy, has committed to BGSU for 2025-2026. In 2025, she qualified to the Women's Development Program L10 Nationals as an event specialist on UB, after placing 8th AA and 4th on UB at the Region 7 L10 Regionals. She also qualified to Regionals in 2023 and 2024.
Link: Insta (recruiting) and Insta 2