College Athletics

The rule comes ahead of a landmark legal settlement going into effect July 1 allowing schools to directly pay their players for the use of their name, image and likeness.

The annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention this week included a very hot topic: The $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we looked at the residential housing market across the state with a collection of business journalists, explored the new era of collegiate athletics now that student athletes can get paid directly and more.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is entering a period of stability. It's a welcome spot after dealing with two years of lawsuits involving marquee programs Clemson and Florida State.

The deal would change the league’s revenue-distribution model and revise the long-term costs for a school to leave the conference.

An anonymous source tells AP the settlement, if approved, would increase payouts to schools generating the most TV interest. Governing boards with all three parties have meetings slated for Tuesday.

The invitation came as the Pac-12 looks to relaunch after losing most of its schools during a dramatic round of realignments. American and Mountain West teams were its top targets.

After years of playing in makeshift areas, USF opened the Esports Living Lab in time for the fall semester. So far, it’s been going well.

Florida State and Clemson are both searching for an affordable way out of the ACC, challenging what they consider to be exorbitant exit fees and a contract that binds member schools to each other and the conference through media rights.

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips called lawsuits filed by the schools “extremely damaging, disruptive and harmful” to the league.

The agreement comes days before a scheduled July 22 court hearing in Leon County.

The latest arguments are over access to the ACC's media rights agreement with ESPN.