AUBURN — As college athletics enters a new world following final approval granted for the House vs. NCAA settlement Friday, Auburn's athletic department will fully fund its revenue sharing, athletic director John Cohen announced Saturday.

It's a $20.5 million investment, Cohen said in a release. That will cover the entirety of Auburn 's annual revenue sharing, and the department will allocate 113.8 additional scholarships "year-over-year" for its programs, at a projected cost of $5.49 million, he said.

Under the new revenue sharing model, direct payments to student-athletes won't be allowed by NCAA rules. Players will instead receive a share of their athletic department's budget, with 22.5% of a school's budget funding its athletes. It'll effectively set a revenue sharing salary

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