What started as a long-standing legal battle over fairness in college sports has ended with a seismic shift. After nearly five years, House v. NCAA reached its conclusion when U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved a landmark $2.8 billion settlement on June 6, 2025. The lawsuit targeted the NCAA and major conferences for restricting college athletes from profiting off their name, image, and likeness (NIL) and excluding them from revenue sharing despite their massive contributions to billion-dollar sports programs. Now, the NCAA is on the hook to pay out billions over the next decade to athletes who competed from 2016 onward.

As headlines lit up with celebration, HRTV summed up the moment in bold on Instagram: “ Federal Judge Approves $2.8B Settlement, paving way for US colleges

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