The term has emerged as the most important part of the long-awaited legal settlement that will greatly reshape college sports, following its approval late last week. This is that House v. NCAA thing that’d been drip-dripping in the news forever, the Colleges Can Now Pay Their Athletes Actual Money thing.

NCAA President Charlie Baker <a href=" to hundreds of collegiate athletics administrators at the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics & Affiliates Convention in Orlando on Tuesday.

In their first extensive comments since Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement last week, the commissioners of the five listed defendants -- the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC -- expressed hope that the new revenue-sharing world it created will bring stability to what has been a tremendous period of upheaval within college athletics.

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Athletic Director Candice Story Lee believe the university is well-positioned for this new era of college sports.

THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Now that was more like it from Oklahoma City's point of view. After blowing a double-digit fourth quarter lead in Game 1, the Thunder thumped the Pacers, 123-107, to even the NBA Finals.

Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin praised the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, calling the move an 'important step forward'.