In a perfect world, the house settlement that clears over $2 billion in back pay for athletes over the last decade would be the beginning and the end. However, it was just the beginning of the end. While schools can now effectively pay athletes out of their revenue for current students, the backpay and some of the implications of what the future looks like are caught up in ongoing appeals.
There are a multitude of concerns surrounding how this money will be used and where it will go. There's also the news of lawyers getting a huge slice of the legal pie while players are left with a much smaller piece.