If the settlement is approved by a judge, athletes would be able to negotiate their NIL deals before signing with schools.

If approved by a judge, the NCAA will stop enforcing rules prohibiting NIL from being used as a recruiting inducement.

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The practice has largely been happening for the past year, but the change is now permanent under terms of a legal settlement.

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said the multistate coalition suing the NCAA over its NIL recruiting ban has ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee, a coalition of states and the National Collegiate Athletics Association finalized a settlement ...

The NCAA and a handful of states led by Tennessee reached a final settlement in their lawsuit which will, for the first time, permit high school athletes to negotiate name, image and likeness ...

The NCAA is dropping its rule that prohibited athletes from negotiating the terms of NIL payments until after they enrolled ...

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and other state attorneys general have reached a settlement with the National ...

Tennessee, a coalition of states and ... The NCAA will need to pay all attorney fees from the lawsuit if the settlement agreement is approved. The NCAA will also not need to admit any wrongdoing.

The agreement, if approved by the court, will allow college athletes to negotiate compensation for name, image and likeness ...