CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys pushing for approval of a proposed $75 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA say claims the deal unfairly costs athletes affected by head injuries hundreds of millions of dollars are untrue.

Proponents of the plan say in federal court filings Friday in Chicago that former San Diego State football player Anthony Nichols’s assertions are “unfounded by any fact.”

Nichol’s opposition is part of what could be a months long approval process to raise questions about the deal that would involve the NCAA creating a $70 million fund to test thousands of current and former athletes for brain trauma. It also sets aside $5 million for research.

Nichols is among tens of thousands of male and female athletes who would be covered by the sweeping class-action deal.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA and 11 conferences that have played major college football in recent years have filed a motion to dismiss two antitrust lawsuits that accuse the association of illegally capping compensation to athletes.

The NCAA announced Thursday night that it has asked Northern California U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to dismiss two suits that were filed in March. Wilken ruled this summer against the NCAA in the O’Bannon case that challenged rules prohibiting college athletes from being compensated for their names, images and likenesses

One of the suits the NCAA is seeking to dismiss was filed in New Jersey by attorney Jeffrey Kessler on behalf of four athletes, including former Clemson football player Martin Jenkins. The other was originally filed in Northern California and former West Virginia running back Shawn Alston is the lead plantiff.

Both could eliminate the NCAA’s ability to control the costs of scholarships, and the Alston suit seeks hundreds of millions in damages.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former San Diego State football player wants a judge to reject the proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, saying it will deny billions in damages to athletes who suffered head injuries.

The request came in a new federal court filing on behalf of Anthony Nichols, whose head-injury lawsuit was one of ten consolidated into a single case in U.S. District Court.

Under the settlement proposed in July, the NCAA would set aside $70 million to diagnose current and former athletes for brain trauma.

Friday’s filing criticizes provisions barring the class as a whole from seeking a single sum in damages.

It says most individuals couldn’t afford to sue the NCAA and that athletes “get nothing but are forced to give up everything” in the settlement.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA attorneys have taken the first step in trying to overturn the ruling in the Ed O’Bannon case by notifying the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it intends to appeal.

Chief legal officer Donald Remy issued a statement Thursday, less than 24 hours after the papers were filed, saying the NCAA does not believe it violated antitrust laws.

A formal appeal has not yet been submitted.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled Aug. 8 that the NCAA violated antitrust laws by restricting schools from providing money beyond current scholarship limits to athletes. She said schools should be allowed to place up to $5,000 per year of competition into a trust fund for individual football players and men’s basketball players, which they could collect after leaving school.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA could soon find itself in the awkward position of arguing against capping compensation for future players, based on the ruling in the Ed O’Bannon case.

Several attorneys with antitrust or labor law experience told The Associated Press that the $5,000 annual limit for players was the weakest link in U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken’s decision earlier this month. They claim it may also be the strongest argument for the NCAA in its appeal.

When the decision was originally announced, the cap was seen as a partial victory for the NCAA. But lawyers not involved in this case say Wilken’s number could be seen as arbitrary, creating a potential opening to overturn the ruling.

The NCAA has until Wednesday to file its appeal.

Mark Emmert said Sunday that college sports’ largest governing will appeal Friday’s federal court decision that gives athletes a right to some of the millions of dollars they help generate.

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled Friday the NCAA must allow football players in FBS schools and Division I men’s basketball players at least $5,000 a year for rights to their names, images and likenesses, money that would be put in a trust fund and given to them when they leave school

In his first public comments since the ruling, Emmert said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” that the NCAA would appeal “at least in part” the decision.

Many legal experts expected the NCAA to appeal and say the case could wind up at the U.S. Supreme Court.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can’t stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over.

In a landmark decision issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon and 19 others in a lawsuit that challenged the NCAA’s regulation of college athletics on antitrust grounds.

In a partial victory for the NCAA, though, Wilken said the NCAA could set a cap on the money paid to athletes, as long as it allows at least $5,000 a year for big school football and basketball players.

The NCAA says it disagrees with Friday’s decision in the Ed O’Bannon case and contends it did not violate antitrust laws.

Donald Remy, the NCAA’s chief legal officer, responded to U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken’s ruling in less than an hour.

Wilken ruled college sports’ largest governing body can’t stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the door to players receiving payouts once their college careers are over.

Remy noted that the judge said the NCAA could cap the compensation — as long as big school football and basketball players receive at least $5,000 a year. Remy says the NCAA will continue reviewing the decision before deciding what to do next.