Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By EDDIE PELLS
Updated 10:02 PM CDT, June 6, 2025

A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.

Nearly five years after Arizona State swimmer Grant House sued the NCAA and its five biggest conferences to lift restrictions on revenue sharing, U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the final proposal that had been hung up on roster limits, just one of many changes ahead amid concerns that thousands of walk-on athletes will lose their chance to play college sports.

The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year and $2.7 billion that will be paid over the next decade to thousands of former players who were barred from that revenue for years.

One of the lead plaintiff attorneys, Steve Berman, called Friday’s news “a fantastic win for hundreds of thousands of college athletes.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-settlement-4355c0db8bb2eaa4248650594f157053

[BidenRocks]

1. So the unpaid linemen are going to

go out of their way so the QB can make more money?
Yeah right.

[phxjurist]

2. So . . . No more scholarships? Or . . . Now they have to pay for tuition, room, and board?

[SunSeeker]

3. There will still be scholarships. But most college athletes get nothing.

What was approved was revenue sharing. This is mostly about D1 football and basketball programs that charge for viewing their games. The vast majority of college athletes, such as soccer players, swimmers, track & field, etc., are in sports programs that generally don't charge to view their events.