The final approval hearing for the House vs. NCAA settlement will take place next week on April 7. The settlement was preliminarily approved last October, and if passed, NCAA schools that opt into the settlement will be allowed to directly pay their own athletes. The settlement will come with a permissive cap, which is estimated to be around $20-22 million for the 2025-26 season, per the University of Cincinnati.
Ahead of the hearing, Georgia football coach Kirby Smart shared some candid thoughts and concerns about the current landscape of college football, and what the settlement will mean for the NCAA.
