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A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently approved a groundbreaking, nearly $2.8 billion settlement that promises to reshape college athletics by allowing schools to share revenue directly with college athletes. The settlement stems from antitrust litigation—focused on the labor market of college athletes—that alleged National Collegiate Athletic […]

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A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently approved a groundbreaking, nearly $2.8 billion settlement that promises to reshape college athletics by allowing schools to share revenue directly with college athletes. The settlement stems from antitrust litigation—focused on the labor market of college athletes—that alleged National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules restricting or prohibiting athletes from being paid for use of their names, images, and likenesses (NIL) are unlawful restraints on trade that suppressed the labor market for college athletes.

Quick Hits

  • A federal judge approved a historic $2.8 billion settlement allowing college athletes to receive direct revenue sharing from their schools, fundamentally changing the landscape of college athletics.
  • The settlement requires the NCAA and Power Five Conferences to pay over $2.5 billion to athletes for prior use of their NIL, while also permitting direct revenue sharing with athletes moving forward.
  • While the settlement does not constitute a judgment on the competitive impact of the challenged conduct, it represents a significant victory for antitrust enforcement in college sports.
  • Other labor issues were not addressed or resolved in the settlement agreement.

On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken granted final approval to the settlement agreement in In Re: College Athlete NIL Litigation, consolidated litigation brought by a class of nearly 400,000 current and former NCAA Division I college athletes against the NCAA and the biggest college athletics conferences, the so-called Power Five Conferences.

The consolidated litigation addressed claims that NCAA rules restricting or prohibiting compensation for using athletes’ NIL, compensation for athletic services, and scholarship limits violated antitrust law. Essentially, the suits alleged that NCAA rules denied athletes the chance to be compensated for endorsements and media appearances.

Under the settlement agreement, the NCAA and Power Five Conferences will pay college athletes more than $2.5 billion for use of their NIL going back to 2016, and the NCAA will allow schools to start sharing $20 million in revenue directly with college athletes beginning in the 2025-26 school year.

The NCAA’s NIL policies have been a contentious issue for years, with numerous lawsuits challenging the restrictions on athletes’ ability to profit from their own likeness. This settlement marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over athletes’ rights and compensation.

However, payments are on hold as the settlement is facing two appeals that the back payment distributions violate Title IX of the Education Amendments, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs. The appeals reportedly will not impact the revenue-sharing portion.

While the settlement does not constitute a judgment on the competitive impact of the challenged conduct, it represents a significant victory for antitrust enforcement in college sports. Here, we delve into the details of the settlement and its far-reaching implications for antitrust restraint of trade claims that focus on labor markets (as distinguished from product markets).

Key Terms of the Settlement

The settlement stems from three lawsuits: the consolidated House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association and Oliver v. National Collegiate Athletic Association lawsuits, which challenged rules that restricted athletes from being compensated for the use of their NIL and prohibited conferences and schools from sharing revenue received from third-parties for commercial use of the athletes’ NIL; Carter v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which alleged the NCAA’s rules prohibiting pay-for-play violated antitrust law; and Hubbard v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which raised claims related to athletes receiving allowed academic achievement awards.

Damages

Under the settlement agreement, the NCAA and the Power Five Conferences will contribute $2.576 billion to a settlement fund over the next ten years to pay former college athletes for the past use of their NIL going back to 2016. The NCAA and Power Five Conferences also agreed to pay $200 million into a settlement fund for class members who competed between 2019 and 2022 to settle the Hubbard claims.

The agreement calls for a $1.976 billion settlement fund for NIL-related injuries, including NIL in broadcasts for certain college football and men’s and women’s basketball players. The settlement agreement also calls for establishing a $600 million fund for class members with pay-for-play claims.

Injunctive Relief

In addition, the NCAA agreed to modify existing rules to allow schools to provide direct benefits and compensation to college athletes worth up to 22 percent of the Power Five schools’ average athletic revenues each year, starting at more than $20 million per school in 2025-26 and growing to $32.9 million per school in 2034-35.

The settlement requires eliminating NCAA scholarship limits, potentially resulting in more than 115,000 additional scholarships annually. However, the NCAA will be permitted to adopt roster limits for Division I sports. Class members who may have roster spots taken away due to the implementation of the settlement will be exempted from the limits and not counted toward their schools’ roster limits for the remainder of their college athletics careers.

Under the settlement agreement, the NCAA will modify rules to allow NIL payments from third parties, except that the NCAA will be allowed to restrict NIL payments from certain third parties associated with schools (i.e., “boosters”).

Finally, the settlement agreement requires that disputes arising from the enforcement of third-party NIL restrictions be resolved via neutral arbitration, changing the current system in which the NCAA makes enforcement decisions and resolves disputes concerning third-party NIL pay prohibitions.

Antitrust Claims

The plaintiffs brought claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act for unreasonable restraint of trade, alleging that the NCAA’s rules constituted a horizontal agreement that caused anticompetitive effects in the labor market for college athletes. Specifically, they alleged that the rules unlawfully deprived college athletes of compensation for the use of their NIL and “artificially limited supply and depressed compensation” paid to college athletes for their NIL and their athletic service.

The settlement marks a significant shift in how college sports are governed and how athletes are compensated. Most significantly, it allows college athletes to share in the revenue generated by college athletics, allows colleges to offer more athletic scholarships, and prohibits restrictions on NIL pay from unaffiliated third parties.

The elimination of scholarship limits is particularly noteworthy. Under the previous rules, the NCAA capped the number of scholarships schools could offer. By removing these caps, the settlement allows schools to provide more scholarships, thereby increasing access to higher education for many athletes. However, the NCAA will still be able to set roster limits for sports, potentially reducing slots for walk-on (nonscholarship) athletes.

In its seventy-six page opinion approving the settlement, the court repeatedly found that approving the class action settlement had a positive benefit when it comes to contributing to securing a more competitive market for the labor of Division I athletes.

Labor Market Impact

The settlement agreement comes after years of upheaval in college sports amid a barrage of antitrust lawsuits challenging the NCAA’s “amateurism” rules, culminating in the 2021 Supreme Court of the United States ruling in Alston v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, in which the Court held that regulations that limited education-related pay and benefits are unlawful under federal antitrust law. Additionally, several lawsuits have challenged NCAA transfer restrictions with differing outcomes.

This latest litigation challenged rules restricting athletes from being paid for using their NIL. The NCAA has already relaxed such rules and has reached a separate settlement in litigation over rules restricting schools from using NIL compensation as a recruiting tool. The change has allowed current college athletes to sign endorsement deals with third parties and sparked the creation of organized groups of boosters affiliated with individual schools, known as collectives, to pool NIL money and distribute it to athletes at the school.

Under the new settlement, much of that money could be replaced with direct revenue sharing from the schools themselves. Further, the new settlement leaves room for the NCAA to seek to limit the influence of boosters by allowing restrictions on payments from associated third parties.

Still, the settlement will have profound implications for labor markets in college sports. By allowing NCAA college athletes to receive compensation for their NIL and eliminating scholarship limits, the settlement effectively recognizes college athletes’ economic contributions to the college sports industry. This recognition could lead to broader questions about college athletes’ employment status.

Labor Issues Not Addressed by the Settlement

While approving the settlement, the court specifically noted it does not address other labor rights of NCAA college athletes. For example, the settlement does not prohibit college athletes from attempting to unionize, from pursuing wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, or any other federal labor laws or analogous state labor laws.

Potential Future Legislation

The settlement may prompt federal lawmakers to consider new legislation that addresses the employment status of NCAA college athletes and provides the NCAA with clearer guidelines on NIL compensation. The outcome of these legislative efforts could further reshape the landscape of college athletics.

The NCAA has also been pushing the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would prevent college athletes from being deemed to be employees of schools and to provide the NCAA with an antitrust exemption or immunity to allow it to enforce rules related to transfers and other potential compensation guardrails. The likelihood of such legislation passing remains uncertain.

Next Steps

The settlement is a landmark decision that will have lasting effects on antitrust and labor markets in college sports. Still, further legal questions remain, including regarding the influence of boosters, the lawfulness of certain transfer restrictions, and whether college athletes could be considered employees. Additional litigation over these issues is possible, as is federal legislation addressing college athletes and potential antitrust protection for the NCAA.

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FIRST TEAM

Setter: 
Devan Hall, jr., Grandview. 
Hitters/middles: Connor Deickman, soph., Grandview; Matthew Dye, sr., Eaglecrest; Alex Garcia, soph., Grandview; Tristan Rowley, sr., Vista PEAK Prep; Jackson Shaw, sr., Eaglecrest
. Libero/defensive specialist: Max Chen, jr., Eaglecrest; Clayton Kollmeyer, jr., Regis Jesuit. Utility: Jaeden Barnes, sr., Cherokee Trail; Callen Wolf, sr., Regis Jesuit

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Sailing — SailGP: Event 7 – Day 1, Portsmouth, England, 8 a.m., CBSSN

Men’s soccer — USL Championship: Hartford at Rhode Island, 1 p.m., CBS

Women’s soccer — UEFA Euro 2025 Championship: France vs. Germany, Quarterfinal, Basel, Switzerland, noon, FOX; Conmebol Copa America Group Stage: Venezuela vs. Bolivia, Group B, Quito, Ecuador, FS2, 1:50 p.m.; Conmebol Copa America Group Stage: Colombia vs. Paraguay, Group B, Quito, Ecuador, 4:55 p.m., FS1

Tennis — Hopman Cup: Canada v. Greece; Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Iasi-WTA Semifinals, 2 a.m., TENNIS; Hopman Cup: Canada v. Greece; Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Iasi-WTA Semifinals, 3 a.m., TENNIS; Los Cabos-ATP Final, 7 p.m., TENNIS

WNBA — 2025 All-Star Game: Team Collier vs. Team Clark, Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m., ABC

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Lewis-Clark Bucs at Districts, TBD

Moscow Blue Devils at Districts, TBD

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Basketball — The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 9:30 a.m., FS1; The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 11:30 a.m., FOX; The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 2 p.m., FS1; The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 4 p.m., FS1/FS2; The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 6 p.m., FS1/FS2; The Basketball Tournament: TBD, Round of 32, 8 p.m., FS2

Beach volleyball — AVP: Week 6 – Day 2, New York, 9 a.m., CBS; AVP: Week 6 – Day 2, New York, 11 a.m., CBSSN

BIG3 basketball — Week 6: LA Riot vs. Chicago Triplets, Dallas Power vs. Miami 305, DMV Trilogy vs. Detroit Amps, Houston Rig Hands vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Detroit, noon, CBS

Cycling — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 15, Muret / Carcassonne, France, 3:30 a.m., PEACOCK; UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 15, Muret / Carcassonne, France (Taped), 11 a.m., NBC

Boy’s flag football — 2025 NFL Flag Championships: Semifinal, Canton, Ohio, 9 a.m., ESPN; 2025 NFL Flag Championships: TBD, Semifinal, Canton, Ohio, 10 a.m., ESPN; 2025 NFL Flag Championships: TBD, Championship, Canton, Ohio, 1 p.m., ABC

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Horse racing — NYRA: Saratoga Live, 10 a.m., FS2

MLB — Detroit at Texas, 4 p.m., ESPN/ESPN2 (StatCast); Houston at Seattle, 1:10 p.m., ROOT

NBA — Summer League Tournament: TBD, Championship, Las Vegas, 7 p.m., ESPN

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Saturday’s TV / radio AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL AFL: Melbourne at Carlton, 4:30 a.m., FS1 AFL: Fremantle at Collingwood, 11:59 p.m., FS2 BASKETBALL The Basketball Tournament: The Ville vs. Boston v Cancer, round of 64, at Louisville, Ky., 11:30 a.m., FOX The Basketball Tournament: Purple Reign vs. The Shine, round of 64, at Kansas City, Mo., […]

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AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL

  • AFL: Melbourne at Carlton, 4:30 a.m., FS1

  • AFL: Fremantle at Collingwood, 11:59 p.m., FS2

BASKETBALL

  • The Basketball Tournament: The Ville vs. Boston v Cancer, round of 64, at Louisville, Ky., 11:30 a.m., FOX

  • The Basketball Tournament: Purple Reign vs. The Shine, round of 64, at Kansas City, Mo., 1 p.m., Youtube (online)

  • The Basketball Tournament: Assembly Ball vs. Fail Harder, round of 64, at Indianapolis, 3 p.m., FS1

  • The Basketball Tournament: JHX Hoops vs. OffDaHook, round of 64, at Kansas City, Mo., 3 p.m., Youtube (online)

  • The Basketball Tournament: Boeheim’s Army vs. Herkimer Originals, round of 64, at Syracuse, N.Y., 5 p.m., FS1

  • The Basketball Tournament: DaGuys STL vs. Sheffield Sharks, round of 64, at Kansas City, Mo., 5 p.m., Youtube (online)

  • The Basketball Tournament: Stars of Storrs vs. Brown Ballers, round of 64, at Syracuse, N.Y., 7 p.m., FS2

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

  • AVP Pro Tour: week 6, day 1, at New York, 7 p.m., CW

BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

  • EYBL Peach Jam: teams TBA, at Augusta, S.C., 8 a.m., NBA

CYCLING

  • UCI: The Tour de France, stage 14, Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres, France, 5:30 a.m., Peacock (streaming)

FLAG FOOTBALL

  • 2025 NFL Flag Championships: girls quarterfinals, teams TBA, at Canton, Ohio, 9 a.m., 10 a.m., NFL; 11 a.m., noon, ESPN

  • 2025 NFL Flag Championships: boys quarterfinals, teams TBA, at Canton, Ohio, 1 p.m., 2 p.m., ESPN

FOOTBALL

  • Canadian Football League: Saskatchewan at BC, 6 p.m., CBSSN

GOLF

  • DP World Tour/PGA Tour: The 2025 Open Championship, third round, at Portrush, Ireland, 4 a.m., USA; 6 a.m., NBC

  • DP World Tour/PGA Tour: The Barracuda Championship, third round, at Truckee, Calif., 5 p.m., GOLF

  • DP World Tour/PGA Tour: The 2025 Open Championship, final round, at Portrush, Ireland, 3 a.m. (Sunday), USA

GYMNASTICS

  • USAG: The U.S. Classic, at Hoffman Estates, Ill., 7 p.m., CNBC (taped)

HORSE RACING

  • NYRA: Saratoga Live, 11:30 a.m., FS1; 1:30 p.m., FS2

  • Saratoga Saturday: The Coaching Club American Oaks Stakes, 4 p.m., FOX

  • Breeders Cup Challenge Series: The Haskell Stakes, at Oceanport, N.J., 4 p.m., NBC

LACROSSE

  • PLL: Boston vs. Denver, at Fairfield, Conn., 2 p.m., ABC

MINOR-LEAGUE BASEBALL

  • Texas League: Wichita Wind Surge at Springfield, 6:30 p.m., Bally Sports Live (streaming); MiLB.tv (online); 92.3-FM

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

  • UFC 318 Early Prelims: undercard bouts, at New Orleans, 5 p.m., ESPN2

  • UFC 318 Prelims: undercard bouts, at New Orleans, 7 p.m., ESPN

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MLB

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  • Cincinnati at NY Mets, 3 p.m., MLB

  • Boston at Chicago Cubs, 6 p.m., FOX

  • Houston at Seattle, 8:30 p.m., MLB

MOTOR SPORTS

  • FIM MotoGP: The Czechia Grand Prix, sprint race, at Brno Circuit, 7:55 a.m., FS1

  • NTT IndyCar Series: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, practice, 9:30 a.m., FS1

  • NASCAR Xfinity Series: BetRivers 200, practice and qualifying, 10 a.m., CW App (streaming)

  • NASCAR Cup Series: AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400, practice and qualifying, 12:30 p.m., truTV

  • NTT IndyCar Series: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, qualifying, 1:30 p.m., FS1

  • Pro Motocross Championship: round 25, at Washougal, Wash., 2 p.m., NBC

  • NASCAR Xfinity Series: The BetRivers 200, at Dover Motor Speedway, 3:30 p.m., CW

  • NHRA: Northwest Nationals, qualifying, 9 p.m., FS1 (taped)

NBA

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  • Summer League Tournament: Sacramento vs. Toronto, semifinal, at Las Vegas, 3 p.m., ESPN

  • Summer League Tournament: Houston vs. Minnesota, consolation game, at Las Vegas, 4:30 p.m., NBA

  • Summer League Tournament: Charlotte vs. Oklahoma City, semifinal, at Las Vegas, 5 p.m., ESPN

  • Summer League Tournament: Cleveland vs. Golden State, consolation game, at Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m., NBA

  • Summer League Tournament: Portland vs. Phoenix, consolation game, at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m., NBA

RUGBY

  • International Union: Australia vs. British & Irish Lions, at Brisbane, Australia, 5 a.m., CBSSN

  • Women’s International Fixture: United States vs. Fiji, at Washington, 1 p.m., CBS

  • International Union: United States vs. England, at Washington, 4 p.m., CBSSN

  • NRL Women’s: Sydney at Brisbane, 10:40 p.m., FS2

  • NRL Women’s: New Zealand at Newcastle, 3:10 a.m. (Sunday), FS2

SAILING

  • SailGP: Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, day 1, at Portsmouth, England, 10 a.m., CBSSN

SOCCER

  • UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 Championship: Germany vs. France, quarterfinal, at Basel, Switzerland, 1:45 p.m., FOX

  • USL Championship: Hartford at Rhode Island, 3 p.m., CBS

  • Copa América Femenina Group Stage: Venezuela vs. Bolivia, group B, at Quito, Ecuador, 3:50 p.m., FS2

  • Copa América Femenina Group Stage: Colombia vs. Paraguay, group B, at Quito, Ecuador, 6:55 p.m., FS1

TENNIS

  • Hopman Cup: Canada vs. Greece; ATP: Gstaad and Bastad, semifinals; WTA: Hamburg and Iasi, semifinals, 4 a.m., TENNIS

  • ATP: Los Cabos, singles final, 9 p.m., TENNIS

WNBA

  • 2025 All-Star Game: Team Collier vs. Team Caitlin, at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m., ABC



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Yohan Chang: Canadian taekwondo coach, athlete and stunt double at Rhine-Ruhr 2025

Written by Sophie Wisely, FISU Young Reporter, Australia Most kids dream of being a stunt double in blockbuster movies. For Canadian Yohan Chang, that’s his reality. Holding double duties at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as both coach and competitor, the 24-year-old is the epitome of taekwondo mental fortitude. A graduate of one […]

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Most kids dream of being a stunt double in blockbuster movies. For Canadian Yohan Chang, that’s his reality.

Holding double duties at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games as both coach and competitor, the 24-year-old is the epitome of taekwondo mental fortitude.

A graduate of one of Canada’s top business schools at York University, Chang has coached the national taekwondo team since 2022, mentoring his students at international tournaments while carving out an extraordinarily exciting career in the film industry.

And that’s just the beginning.

“Taekwondo is actually a family business for me,” he said.

“I started when I was two, just kicking (and) punching with my dad and eventually, I transitioned into competing when I was around 12.

“Ever since then, it’s just been my entire life.”

Living the Hollywood dream

Chang is no stranger to the international stage, using his unique taekwondo skills to develop a niche job path in TV and movie stunts.

“My dad also does the film industry aspect. So being a younger kid with this skill set of martial arts; being able to fall, being able to spin, kick, and jump is somewhat uncommon,” he said.

“So they need kids all the time to do all those small stunts. That’s how I slowly got into it, and then… into coaching, training (and) competing.”

Chang has credits in over 13 different entertainment series, with some jobs amassing nearly 800 million minutes viewed at peak streaming.

“The biggest (job) that I’ve worked on is Umbrella Academy. It’s a Netflix show with people with superpowers. I stunt double the Asian actor Justin H. Min. So I was stunt doubling him in season (two and three).

“Obviously, it’s been a blast being on that side of (the industry).”

The Torontonian said there isn’t much difference between his on-screen persona and the competitive taekwondo mindset.

“I would say that the main similarity (between the both) is the pressure of being on camera and also performing. You have that same pressure where you can’t really afford to fail.”

Coaching Team Canada on Saturday, 19 July, while also representing his country in the men’s 64kg division the following Tuesday, Chang has unprecedented insight into being a student-athlete. 

“I’m towards the end of my career, so it’s quite a rare opportunity for me to compete at an international level like this. The stunt jobs and those things, they’ll always be there, especially as I get older,” he admitted.

“This is my first University Games as an athlete… I just wanted to see what it was like being at a multi-sport game, working with other individuals outside of taekwondo and seeing what the atmosphere was like and seeing if anything was different.” 

Chang’s mental fortitude, developed over years of competition, allowed the Schulich School of Business student to balance elite sports and academics.

Canada is no stranger to sporting prowess, but for niche disciplines such as taekwondo, structural boundaries still present themselves.

“It’s quite difficult to get into the sport, because in order for you to compete at a high performance level, you have to get your black belt first. Which makes it a little bit more difficult for people who just want to try it out,” he said.

This is something Chang is working to change, training with his student-athletes regularly to create a supportive and tight-knit environment. On Saturday, his mentoring paid off in a big way as his pupil and teammate Nithan Brindamohan captured gold with a 2-1 win over Ethan Youngsuk of the United States.

Other gold medallists on day three of the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 taekwondo competition included Thailand’s Bunlung Tubtimdang (men’s 68kg), Brazil’s Maria Pacheco (women’s 57kg) as well as Yunseo Kim from the Republic of Korea (women’s 46kg).   

The Young Reporters Programme exemplifies FISU’s commitment to more than sports competitions. At every FISU World University Games, a group of talented aspiring sports journalists are chosen to cover the competition.



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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Houston Astros second baseman Brendan Rodgers sustained a concussion and a broken nose when he collided with a teammate during a minor league rehab assignment, the team said Saturday. The 28-year-old Rodgers was playing for Triple-A Sugar Land Friday night in the first game of his rehab assignment when the […]

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SEATTLE (AP) — Houston Astros second baseman Brendan Rodgers sustained a concussion and a broken nose when he collided with a teammate during a minor league rehab assignment, the team said Saturday.

The 28-year-old Rodgers was playing for Triple-A Sugar Land Friday night in the first game of his rehab assignment when the collision occurred in the third inning. He had been sidelined since June 15 with a left oblique strain.

The Astros said Rodgers would be evaluated further over the next few days.

Rodgers is batting .191 with two homers and 11 RBIs in 43 games for Houston this season. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft by Colorado, he played for the Rockies from 2019-24.

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