The details of the House settlement with the NCAA may not have finished, but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that will end the NCAA's decades-old prohibition on universities paying players directly.

Lawmakers passed more than 1,200 bills during the 89th Texas Legislature, nearly 800 of which were sent to the governor in the last 10 days of the 140-day session, which wrapped up Monday. Now that legislators have gone back to their districts to turn their attention back to their families and,

After a Texas bill to amend the state’s NIL law passed the House and Senate, it headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. He signed it into law Thursday morning – paving the way for some high school athletes to sign deals.