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NCAA President Charlie Baker <a href=" to hundreds of collegiate athletics administrators at the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics & Affiliates Convention in Orlando on Tuesday.
In their first extensive comments since Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement last week, the commissioners of the five listed defendants -- the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC -- expressed hope that the new revenue-sharing world it created will bring stability to what has been a tremendous period of upheaval within college athletics.
A federal judge Friday granted final approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, a watershed agreement in college sports that permits schools to directly pay college athletes for the first time.
The multi-billion dollar settlement will create revenue sharing and NIL enforcement, but it won’t stop legal challenges to the NCAA system.
Starting July 1, athletic departments will be able to compensate athletes directly from their revenues. Here's how the settlement of House v. NCAA will impact NCAA Division I schools.
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The Boilermakers' coach used a comparison to professional sports when explaining the difference between revenue-sharing and name, image and likeness.
The NCAA delivered, Baker said, with new rules that guarantee better post-graduate health care and scholarship protections for athletes, and then with the crown jewel of reforms — the $2.8 billion lawsuit settlement that a federal judge approved last week.
The Energy and Commerce, Judiciary and Education and Workforce committees plan to introduce a set of bills in pursuit of the NCAA's goals.