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The immediate takeaway from the landmark $2.8 billion settlement that the N.C.A.A. and the major athletic conferences accepted on Thursday was that it cut straight at the heart of the organization’s cherished model of amateurism: Schools can now pay their
athletes directly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/business/ncaa-paying-athletes-unionizing.html