Paid To Play VII: Searching for solutions [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF — After years of litigation and turmoil, college athletics are heading into a new era where players will get paid, and the NCAA must decide what it wants to be.

“It’s an opportunity to do legacy defining work,” Vanderbilt Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee said. “I want to make sure that there are other young men and women that can be student-athletes and can get what I feel like is so beneficial.”

As the NCAA awaits court approval of the settlement it has outlined along with the plaintiff’s attorneys in House V. National Collegiate Athletic Association, talks are underway about how to create a new, dynamic model.

The framework must allow athletes to participate in revenue sharing beginning in the 2025-26 school year, and continue to profit off their name, image and likeness. But many associated with college athletic and higher education say it is important they find a way to keep …