The groundbreaking case leading to the transformation of college sports in the United States comes nearly five years after Arizona State swimmer Grant House and Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince filed a complaint against the NCAA and the five most powerful conferences alleging they were unfairly being denied of pay for use of their name,

After months of deliberation, judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement, requiring universities to pay athletes. The ruling means players will get a portion of the billions of dollars in broadcast revenue they help generate and will be exempt from being official university employees.