Hours before college basketball crowns its next champion, the future of college sports will be hanging in the balance in a California courtroom.
U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken's scheduled hearing Monday in a courtroom in Oakland is expected to be the last one before the changes will truly begin under an industry-changing, $2.8 billion settlement of a five-year-old lawsuit against the NCAA and the nation's largest conferences. Among other things, it will clear the way for schools to pay up to $20.5 million each with their athletes.
