College athletes will be paid by schools this season, but their future is messier than ever

On June 6, a long-awaited, landmark moment finally arrived for college athletes: For the first time in the history of the NCAA, schools were given the right to directly pay players. As a result of a lawsuit filed against the NCAA in 2020, a settlement approved by U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken allowed schools to share revenue with their athletes, cutting players a piece of an ever-growing pie. While the settlement in the case of House v. NCAA