Eight female athletes have filed an appeal of a landmark NCAA antitrust settlement. They argue that women would not receive their fair share of $2.7 billion in back pay for athletes who were barred from making money off their name,

The appeal will not impact revenue sharing — slated to start July 1 — but will pause the back-pay damages portion of the settlement.

In their first extensive comments since Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House v. NCAA settlement last week, the commissioners of the five listed defendants -- the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC -- expressed hope that the new revenue-sharing world it created will bring stability to what has been a tremendous period of upheaval within college athletics.

The NCAA delivered, Baker said, with new rules that guarantee better post-graduate health care and scholarship protections for athletes, and then with the crown jewel of reforms — the $2.8 billion lawsuit settlement that a federal judge approved last week.

Paul Finebaum joins the Dan Patrick show to weigh in on the new NCAA settlement that opens the door for colleges to pay their athletes directly and how it will impact small schools, women's sports, and beyond.

Sam Webb and Steve Lorenz talk summer NIL and NCAA settlement in Michigan LB recruiting

Santiago believes settlement will benefit student-athletes not only financially but help put focus back on mission of the school.

NCAA President Charlie Baker <a href=" to hundreds of collegiate athletics administrators at the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics & Affiliates Convention in Orlando on Tuesday.