College Commissioners Laud Antitrust Settlement (Copy)

Baker: Settlement helps NCAA avoid 'bankruptcy'

NCAA president Charlie Baker framed the multibillion-dollar House settlement agreement as one that provides stability to college athletics and avoids "bankruptcy."

Direct Pay Athletes: NCAA Settlement Ends Amateurism

A federal judge approved the historic House v. NCAA settlement on June 6, 2025, ending decades of amateurism rules that barred athletes from receiving compensation beyond scholarships. The deal mandates $2.8 billion in back payments to athletes dating back to 2016 and authorizes Division I universities to distribute up to $20.5 million annually to their athletes beginning with the 2025–26 season. The settlement resolves major antitrust claims th…

ESPN’s Jay Bilas predicts NIL settlement will end transfers: ‘Players aren’t going to go anywhere’

Players will get their money, schools will get to lock them down

Here is the latest Big 12 Conference sports news from The Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) — Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means for bringing stability and fairness to an out-of-control college athletics industry. They also acknowledged there would be growing pains. Commissioners of…

Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press

UNDATED (AP) — Conference commissioners lauded a judge’s approval of a $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement as a means for bringing stability and fairness to an out-of-control college athletics industry. They also acknowledged there would be growing pains. Commissioners of…

House v NCAA settlement the just conclusion for student-athletes

Since 2021, we’ve seen things take place in college athletics that we never thought we would see. Student-athletes are now allowed to transfer from school to school, essentially selling themselves to the highest-bidding school whose boosters and supporters have the most name, image and likeness, aka NIL money to offer. But recently, the most sweeping change in big-time college sports came when a federal judge approved a $2.8 billion antitrust se…