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.

The landscape of college sports will officially change forever on July 1 as schools start paying players through revenue sharing. This is a direct result of three lawsuit settlements between athletes who want to be paid and the NCAA.

The Crimson Tide's baseball program will be subject to changes along with the rest of the college sports world.

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.

On June 6, 2025, a U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of California approved the long-anticipated and landmark $2.576 billion settlement in House v. NCAA, transforming the landscape of college sports.

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.