For a long time the sports world tried to make a sharp distinction between amateur and professional athletes, especially in the Olympics and in college sports. The idea was that it was repugnant to pay amateurs, who just played for fun. Like student athletes.
The last shreds of that posture are crumbling, after a long decline.
ESPN has the story:
Judge OK's $2.8B settlement, paving way for colleges to pay athletes by Dan Murphy
"Schools are now free to begin paying their athletes directly, marking the dawn of a new era in college sports brought about by a multibillion-dollar legal settlement that was formally approved Friday.
Judge Claudia Wilken approved the deal between the NCAA, its most powerful conferences and lawyers representing all Division I athletes. The House v. NCAA settlement ends three separate federal antitrust lawsuits, all of which claimed the NCAA was illegally limiting the earning power of college athletes."
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