Mark the date: June 6, 2025. That’s the night college sports officially crossed the line into a new world. Judge Claudia Wilken approved the long-awaited House v. NCAA settlement, which will now allow universities to directly pay athletes a portion of the billions in revenue they help generate. And while the headlines are buzzing about backpay and revenue sharing, the big news is that high school players can now also earn a lot of money.

RJ Young captured it best when he opened his show Adapt & Response on June 6th: “This is the night college sports changed forever.” And he’s not wrong. For the first time, college athletes will earn direct payments from their schools, starting July 1, with a model that looks more and more like the pros.

Under the new plan, schools can offer up t

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