In major change, college athletes set to be paid directly by schools

[ScorpioRising007]

Looks like their finally going to erase 150 years of tradition and turn college athletes into pros.
Amateur means nothing anymore~

NCAA, Power 5 agree to let schools pay players

The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement that will allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the history of college sports.

www.espn.com

The NCAA and its five power conferences have agreed to allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the 100-plus-year history of college sports.
The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar agreement to settle three pending federal antitrust cases. The NCAA will pay more than $2.7 billion in damages over 10 years to past and current athletes, sources told ESPN. Sources said the parties also have agreed to a revenue-sharing plan allowing each school to share up to roughly $20 million per year with its athletes.

I am glad with the decision I say it is about time.

 

[Couchpotato]

They already get scholaships, housing, food, medical, travel, jobs and millions from boosters and whatever “NIL money“ is. It was already made legal Last year. $2mil payments for a hot player to transfer schools is common. Deion took in 75+ paid mercenaries to COL. Sent 76+ existing COL players packing, even scholarship athletes.

To be fair those "scholarship athletes" were pretty terrible.

 

[Couchpotato]

Looks like their finally going to erase 150 years of tradition and turn college athletes into pros.
Amateur means nothing anymore~

NCAA, Power 5 agree to let schools pay players

The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement that will allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the history of college sports.

www.espn.com

The NCAA and its five power conferences have agreed to allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the 100-plus-year history of college sports.
The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar agreement to settle three pending federal antitrust cases. The NCAA will pay more than $2.7 billion in damages over 10 years to past and current athletes, sources told ESPN. Sources said the parties also have agreed to a revenue-sharing plan allowing each school to share up to roughly $20 million per year with its athletes.

Why does the players getting money affect the amount you enjoy watching them play? Is it a direct correlation? So the more money they make the less you would enjoy it? What if the school charged the players money to play would you enjoy the games more?

 

[Couchpotato]

Why don't they do it for high school athletes as well?

I played high school football, and would have loved to get a nice salary while I was playing.

So HS athletes are getting NIL money.