When Judge Claudia Wilken approved the $2.8 billion House v. NCAA settlement in June 2025, she formally ushered in a new reality: universities can now pay athletes directly, capped initially at $20.5 million per school in year one...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s ("NCAA’s")  rules have been under attack since the 2021 decision of National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, with student-athletes challenging the NCAA’s junior college eligibility rules in recent months...