## The NCAA's $2.8 Billion Reckoning: How College Athletes Are Finally Getting Paid
Over 400,000 college athletes are about to receive checks from one of sports law's most transformative settlements. The $2.8 billion agreement doesn't just compensate players retroactively — it signals a fundamental shift in how American universities will treat athletic talent moving forward.
For the first time in NCAA history, college athletes getting paid is becoming the norm rather than the exception. This settlement resolves long-standing disputes over name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights that dated back