The corrupt system of denying payment to college athletes has officially ended.

On Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement of multiple antitrust class-action lawsuits that challenged the longstanding refusal of the NCAA and its members to compensate athletes.

The deal includes $2.8 billion in payments to players over the past 10 years along with payments to players moving forward.

This hardly ends the chaos currently consuming college sports. The major conferences have launched the College Sports Commission (which is different from the presidential commission that was under consideration for like a week) to regulate NIL collectives that have in many instances become pay-for-play programs.

Here’s the problem. Any collective action by independent businesses that restrict

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