The students won on appeal on anti-trust grounds in a narrow ruling with respect to competition on educational benefits. So it ain't never gonna be the way it was…deal with it.
Furthermore:
"In challenging the NCAA's argument that maintaining compensation restrictions is necessary to distinguish college athletics from professional athletics, Justice Kavanaugh stated: "Businesses like the NCAA cannot avoid the consequences of price-fixing labor by incorporating price-fixed labor into the definition of the product."49
Although Justice Kavanaugh did suggest that the NCAA could protect itself from future judicial scrutiny by engaging in collective bargaining with student athletes, he also flatly concluded that "[n]owhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate. . . . The NCAA is not above the law."
For a thorough review of the decision including the jurisprudence leading up to it, consider carefully reading this Harvard Law Review piece:
https://harvardlawreview.org/2021/11/ncaa-v-alston/I shared some related articles you may find interesting on MBB showing an emerging trend to pay out Alston achievement award funds. I ran into the term "Alston funds" in a client engagement this past week and was fascinated.
Nov 39, 2021
https://www.bakertilly.com/insights/institutions-begin-paying-student-athletesJan 20, 2022
https://gamecocksonline.com/news/2022/01/20/featured-south-carolina-athletics-provides-alston-funds-to-all-student-athletes/