The topic may make your eyes bleed if you read an article about it. You may tune it out if you hear about it.

But listen up and make a stiff drink if you have to, because it does matter, significantly, to fans of every college athletics program, including ours in South Dakota.

The NCAA vs U.S. House settlement was finally approved by a California federal judge on Friday.

What is it? How does it affect all programs, from the Alabamas and Nebraskas, to to SDSU and USD?

Why is SDSU not going to "opt in" to paying athletes directly via "revenue sharing" while USD and NDSU are, publicly, still considering to opt in by Sunday's deadline to decide?

Happy Hour host John Gaskins does his best to make it a less confusing and more palatable subject, even if it makes you feel like you're eating your sports "vegetables."