Eight female athletes have filed an appeal of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement. They argue that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name,

A combination of school policies and state laws dictates what deals athletes can make. The NCAA has allowed universities to establish guidelines for their athletes in states that do not have laws outlining the parameters for designing NIL deals. Athletes only earned NIL benefits through outside parties, not through universities.

Federal judge Claudia Wilken signed off on a settlement resolving three antitrust compensation cases brought against the NCAA.

Plus, some changes to college basketball’s play review process and news regarding a potential switch from halves to quarters.

In their first extensive comments since Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement last week, the commissioners of the five listed defendants -- the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC -- expressed hope that the new revenue-sharing world it created will bring stability to what has been a tremendous period of upheaval within college athletics.

The NCAA delivered, Baker said, with new rules that guarantee better post-graduate health care and scholarship protections for athletes, and then with the crown jewel of reforms — the $2.8 billion lawsuit settlement that a federal judge approved last week.

A federal judge Friday granted final approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, a watershed agreement in college sports that permits schools to directly pay college athletes for the first time.

Paul Finebaum joins the Dan Patrick show to weigh in on the new NCAA settlement that opens the door for colleges to pay their athletes directly and how it will impact small schools, women's sports, and beyond.

As colleges prepare for sweeping changes tied to the NCAA's $2.8 billion NIL settlement, proposed scholarship and roster limits will dampen college opportunities for high school athletes.