Browsing: athletes will be receiving close to the 50 percent share of revenue that the players’ unions in the N.F.L. and N.B.A. have bargained for.

    The N.C.A.A. and the richest college athletic conferences joined with plaintiffs’ lawyers on Friday to enter a $2.8 billion settlement agreement of their class-action antitrust lawsuit. The filing outlines in some detail how schools would be allowed for the first time to pay college athletes directly.