My Turn | NCAA House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

My Turn | NCAA house divided against itself cannot stand

"Ironically, as the House case chugged slowly toward settlement, it unleashed a new series of challenges to the ongoing model that prohibits employment for college athletes," UI Professor Michael LeRoy

COLUMN: I support paying college athletes. I don’t support the new House settlement.

Even though the NIL era began in 2021 with the Alston v. NCAA decision and the NCAA’s interim NIL policy, college athletes secured an even bigger win on Friday when Judge Claudia Wilken officially approved the legal settlement of a trio of lawsuits started by former Arizona State swimmer Grant House against the NCAA and the five biggest athletic conferences. Schools can now directly pay athletes directly starting July 1. A $20.5 million cap, rou…