The $2.8 billion NCAA settlement is being touted as a path to stability for college sports, clearing the way for schools to pay their athletes within certain parameters.

A Judge approved the NCAA House Settlement this week that paves the way for revenue sharing directly with college athletes.

A U.S. judge on Friday granted final approval to a $2.8 billion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association that will allow schools for the first time to compensate student athletes for past and future commercial use of their names,

Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement late Friday, ending three federal lawsuits that alleged the NCAA was illegally limiting the earning power of student-athletes in college. CBS Sports' John Talty has a nice piece on it.

The settlement required years of mountain moving and billions of dollars. It's only delaying the inevitable, but college sports move on.

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