Judge Claudia Wilkin finally approves House v NCAA settlement

CBSSports.com: House v NCAA settlement approved

Quick background from Wikipedia:
Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, et al. (aka House v NCAA - HE) is a class action lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and five collegiate athletic conferences in which the NCAA agreed to allow its member institutions to distribute funds to Division I athletes who have played since 2016. …

Full case name is
Grant House and Sedona Prince v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pac-12 Conference, The Big Ten Conference, Inc., The Big Twelve Conference, Inc., Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference. …

A proposed settlement was approved from the court on June 6, 2025.
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Provisions go into effect 2025-07-01, just 24 days from today.

As it is a settlement agreed to by both parties I don’t think it would be appealed to a higher court in its entirety. I think it more likely we may see new challenges to some specific provisions, but I need to read more than my cursory glance this morning.

A key adjustment to it …
The House settlement's final approval was twice delayed in April after the judge echoed objectors' concerns over imposing roster limits on current players, one of the pillars of the settlement. Schools were cutting players from rosters in the spring, even though the settlement had yet to be approved, complicating discussions during settlement hearings. The judge asked attorneys to craft a plan to allow current players to be "grandfathered in" with the new roster limits. The NCAA, power conferences and the plaintiffs in the lawsuit instead offered a compromise: schools have the option to keep current players on their rosters and temporarily exceed new limits until their eligibility expires.

The new roster limits were expected to lead to the cutting of nearly 5,000 athletes from teams across the NCAA's 43 sponsored sports. Some sports will increase roster limits compared to previous years, but many will be trimmed despite offering unlimited scholarships within those new thresholds. Football rosters will shrink to 105 players, resulting in schools cutting more than 20 players, though most schools are expected to exceed those limits by grandfathering in current athletes.

For men’s and women’s hoops the roster limit will be 15, but it looks like existing walk-ons will be allowed on the roster next fall and beyond even if the roster then exceeds 15 (14 in KU’s case for AY2025-26) for as long as the current walk-ons still have eligibility left. But after they are gone, it looks like walk-ons will be a thing of the past.

Sad, but Woo-hoo! for all current walk-ons getting to play out their college careers!