Schools will begin directly paying their athletes in less than a month, thanks to a legal settlement that was officially approved in federal court Friday. However, the situation is far from settled.

The NCAA is set to pay out nearly $2.8 billion in back damages while capping each school's annual direct payments to athletes at $20.5 million for the 2025-26 academic year. Why It Matters ...

Establishing annual reporting requirements for schools that pay athletes; a payment pool is set to be approximately $20.5 million for the biggest schools beginning next academic year.

—Establishing annual reporting requirements for schools that pay athletes; a payment pool is set to be approximately $20.5 million for the biggest schools beginning next academic year.

A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports on Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as ...

The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this ...

The four biggest conferences in college sports are working to tie their schools to the pending $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement and could have drastic penalties for anyone refusing to comply ...

College Sports NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players directly An athlete's ability to be paid directly by his or her university is on track to be enshrined in a ...

The NCAA has passed rules that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer.

The nine proposals passed by the NCAA board were largely expected but still mark a defining day in the history of college sports. New NCAA rules will let schools pay players directly Skip to main ...

The nine proposals passed by the NCAA board were largely expected but still mark a defining day in the history of college sports. New NCAA rules will let schools pay players directly Skip to main ...