A few minutes after 6 p.m. on Friday, college sports changed forever and for the better. U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken dropped a 76-page guillotine on NCAA amateurism, approving the settlement terms of the landmark House vs. NCAA antitrust lawsuit that allows schools to share revenue with players and creates a new structure for NIL enforcement.

But this is not the end of the economic revolution in college sports. Legal experts are skeptical that key pillars of the settlement will hold up in court.

“The settlement is not a sustainable system,” Tulane law professor Gabe Feldman told the Hotline prior to court approval. “It’s a step forward.”

To understand where the settlement is vulnerable to legal challenges, let’s summarize the four major components:

— Approximately $2.8 bil

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