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HOUSE SETTLEMENT STABILIZES NCAA, APPEAL DELAYS BACK PAYMENTS TO ATHLETES AND CHALLENGES TITLE IX COMPLIANCE
Following the landmark House Settlement announcement more than a week ago, paving the way for schools to provide directly compensation to athletes via revenue sharing and triggering the NCAA to award $2.8 billion in back damages to former athletes, NCAA president Charlie Baker offered thoughts on the case outcome earlier this week.
Baker was at a wedding when he heard the news and while the NCAA is an organization constantly laughed at by many for its incompetence and lack of any foresight whatsoever across numerous on-field and off-field fronts, Baker was relieved the settlement, ending three separate federal antitrust lawsuits, reached conclusion.