According to a court filing earlier this month, and pending judge approval, House will receive $125,000 as a bonus afforded to him.
But there is another number embedded in that filing that jarred many within college athletics: $725 million — the amount that plaintiff attorneys requested in fees. Attorneys requested $20 million in an up-front amount, plus 20% of the $2.8 billion in back-damages ($480 million) in addition to a 1% cut of all revenue that schools share with athletes over 10 years (as much as $250 million).
The figures “shocked” House, he says, especially considering that lead attorneys Berman and Jeffrey Kessler have won billions of dollars in previous class-action litigation and settlements.
