fbpx
Menu
The Sports Cast
  • Home
  • About
    • Privacy Policy
    • Newsletter
    • Links
  • Sections
    • College Basketball
    • College Football
    • Pro Football
    • Pro Basketball
    • Soccer
  • Podcasts
    • The Update
    • Jersey Boys Sports Talk
    • The Donut Bag
    • Listen Live
  • Shop
    • T-shirts
    • Sweaters
    • Hats
    • Mugs
  • Tools
    • Prime – Athlete Peak Performance Calculator
    • Ohio Sports Betting Tax Calculator
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
The Sports Cast

Follow Us

Listen to Podcast

  • YouTube
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • TuneIn

New Era in College Sports: Schools Can Now Pay Athletes Directly

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Santiago Leon

A federal judge officially approved a historic legal settlement allowing NCAA schools to directly pay athletes, signaling a major shift in college sports. The settlement resolves three antitrust lawsuits (House v. NCAA) that argued the NCAA was unlawfully limiting athletes’ earning potential.

Key points:

  • Schools can begin paying athletes starting July 1, 2025, with an initial salary cap of around $20.5 million per school, increasing annually for the next decade.
  • The NCAA will also pay $2.8 billion in back damages over 10 years to athletes who played from 2016 to the present.
  • This settlement adds direct payments to existing scholarships and NIL (name, image, likeness) deals.
  • Boosters’ payments to athletes will now face stricter oversight, requiring that endorsement deals serve a “valid business purpose.”
  • A new enforcement body, the College Sports Commission, will monitor payments and violations, taking over many compliance duties previously handled by the NCAA.
  • The settlement avoids immediate athlete job classification changes but leaves unresolved issues about whether college athletes should eventually be classified as employees.
  • NCAA leaders continue to seek Congressional action to secure antitrust exemptions and prevent full employee status for athletes, fearing that full unionization could financially strain many programs.

The settlement represents one of the most significant changes to NCAA rules since the Supreme Court’s 2021 ruling against the organization.

Related

Related posts:

  1. 2023 Women’s College World Series Preview | The Top 25 Rundown with Allen West and Bob Alvis
  2. Bears beat Commanders, win thier first game in awhile; 2023 NFL Week 5 Preview | The Update
  3. 2023 Preseason College Basketball Rankings Recap | The Top 25 Rundown with Allen West, Bob Alvis and Tyler Turner
  4. Who Plays in the Alamodome? A Look at the Stadium’s Star Tenants
Advertisements

Listen LIVE

Products

  • US Soccer Tee US Soccer Tee $30.92 – $34.92
  • Sports Cast est. 2018 Tee Sports Cast est. 2018 Tee $29.29 – $31.29
  • Sports Cast Icon Tee Sports Cast Icon Tee $19.29 – $21.29

DOWNLOAD THE SPORTS CAST APP for iOS

Show Lineup

Mondays 12pm & Fridays 12pm

The UPDATE w/Santiago Leon

Thursdays at 8pm ET

Jersey Boys Sports Talk hosted by Victor Arocho & Byron Jones

LIVE on Twitter, Facebook, Twitch and YouTube

Ad - Web Hosting from SiteGround - Crafted for easy site management. Click to learn more.

Subscribe to our mailing list

* indicates required


Archives

Categories

  • Announcements
  • Baseball
  • Byron Jones NFL Mock Draft 2021
  • College Basketball
  • College Football
  • Fighting
  • Golf
  • Hockey
  • Media
  • News
  • NFL Mock Drafts
  • Podcast
  • Pro Basketball
  • Pro Football
  • Racing
  • Schedules
  • Soccer
  • Tennis
  • Wrestling

FOLLOW US

©2025 The Sports Cast | Powered by Superb Themes