The NCAA and the nation’s five largest conferences said Thursday night they agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a series of antitrust lawsuits, a monumental decision that lays the groundwork for an innovative revenue-sharing model that could begin to direct millions of dollars directly to athletes as early as the fall 2025 semester.
NCAA President Charlie Baker, along with commissioners from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference issued a joint statement Thursday night announcing that they had agreed to the terms of the agreement. They called it “an important step in the continued reform of college sports that will provide benefits to student-athletes and provide clarity in college athletics across all divisions for years to come.”
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