Goodness. It's clear LetsRun commentators on this post know nothing about litigation, whether they're lawyers or not.
First, it is not unusual for more time to be granted to respond to a motion for summary judgment if discovery is not complete. Happens all the time. Means nothing.
Second, who knows what the settlement is? Probably Cain, her lawyers, and the lawyers for Nike and Salazar. And not many other folks. This is also normal and can mean anything from she got EVERYTHING she asked for, but confidentially, to she confidentially paid them to avoid a motion for attorneys' fees (which is unlikely; those are rarely granted; the US norm for litigation is EACH party pays their own attorneys' fees absent a contractual obligation, statutory requirement, or sanctions, and those conditions are unlikely to apply here).
Third, I have literally had cases settle prior to our MSJ response because of of what we were about to file, for the benefit of my clients, and I have had cases settle prior to our MSJ response with a "agree that everyone releases everyone and everyone walks away" because of what we COULD NOT file. So, see again Second above.
Fourth, there is no such thing as "losing in pretrial" unless you mean losing on a dispositive motion, like a motion for summary judgment or a motion to dismiss. This isn't criminal court—this is civil court. There is no "pretrial" hearing. Technically dispositive motions are a pre-trial resolution, but so is settlement. Or just plain dismissal.
Fifth, I am thinking of creating a "litigation bot" like DoNotPay's traffic-ticket fighting bot that will route any questions through the LetsRun forum, then use the responses from the obvious legal geniuses who are totally not hobby joggers pretending to be elite runners faster than Jakob or Faith to crowdsource the solutions provided by the bot.
Pretty sure I'll make millions. Just gotta figure out how to roll some kind of crypto coin into the whole thing, then I'll be set.