Apologies if this ends up being a dup, the story is 15 hours old but my basic search from my iPhone didn't find any related posts.

I caught this on CNN this morning, tl/dr version is that the NCAA has announced a plan to pay college athletes based on their academic performance. 

Rushing out the door now so I can't go in depth, but this is potentially huge news for the world of college athletics.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/28/news/ncaa-scholarship-money-academics/