What we know and what we don't about a historic settlement to pay college athletes
![The NCAA and its Power 5 conferences agreed this week to a legal settlement that could allow for schools to pay athletes directly.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3445x2584+215+0/resize/3445x2584!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F46%2F9d%2Ff870c60d4e6abb1c844b639c4db4%2Fgettyimages-1827352044.jpg)
The proposed legal settlement by the NCAA and its Power Five conferences would allow schools to directly pay athletes. But questions remain, including whether men and women will be paid equally.
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