College football has gone through seismic changes in just the last half decade and the entire system has become a pay-for-play and free transfer essential free agency.

Entire teams are lost and rebuilt through the portal, and at the center of it of course is Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) and the utilization of it in order to compensate players.

The NCAA’s settlement in the House v. NCAA case will allow players to receive a share of the revenue generated by their universities, including income from television contracts, ticket sales, and merchandise. The agreement also includes backpay for former athletes, marking one of the most significant shifts in the history of college athletics.

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During a discussion of the settlement on the Dan Patrick Show, SEC analyst Paul Finebaum said fans are largely not going to be impacted, and the impact down the line to other sports could be devastating:

Paul @Finebaum discusses the potential impact of schools directly paying college athletes:

“Women’s sports will be hurt, Olympic sports will be crushed, football wins, basketball — other than maybe the Big East — takes a slight back seat. pic.twitter.com/zbr7wrIonR

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) June 9, 2025

“It means very little,” Finebaum said when asked what this means for the fan. “This is all complicated legal mumbo jumbo…But what I think it will really mean if you’re a fan of the Group of 5, a school somewhere in the middle, get ready for hard times. This is only going to help the rich…Women’s sports will be hurt, Olympic sports will be crushed, football wins, basketball — other than maybe the Big East — takes a slight back seat.”