NIL. NCAA House Settlement. Player contracts. You have questions? We have answers.
College football has entered a strange and volatile new world, where lucrative contracts for the top players in the sport are now the name of the game. With the passing of the NCAA House Settlement, the landscape alters even more.
The House v. NCAA settlement, finalized on June 6, 2025, allows colleges to directly pay student-athletes for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). The settlement, which resolves multiple antitrust lawsuits, also includes $2.8 billion in back payments to athletes who competed between 2016 and 2024.