Now that a federal judge has approved the House settlement , clearing the way for colleges to pay student-athletes directly, the commissioners of the Power Five athletic conferences are applauding the decision. This is, of course, the height of irony as the organizations they run and are a part of are the entities that were being sued in the House vs. NCAA lawsuit .

After the verdict was announced, the commissioners of the SEC (Greg Sankey), Big Ten (Tony Petitti), Big 12 (Brett Yormark), ACC (Jim Phillips), and Pac-12 (Teresa Gould) all had their say. They were all (at least publicly) supportive of the decision .

“We look forward to implementing this historic settlement designed to bring stability, integrity and competitive balance to college athletics while increasing both schola

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