An athlete’s ability to be paid directly by his or her university is on track to be enshrined in a rulebook that has forbidden that for decades, though the changes still have to be granted

In a major move that would allow schools to start directly paying their athletes, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors proposed deleting 153 rules from its handbook as part of nine potential legislative changes at a Monday meeting.

Among the changes, which will eliminate 150 NCAA rules and alter many others: • Schools will now be allowed to pay athletes directly out of their athletic revenue pools, rather than through third parties (or under the table, as was the case in the pre-NIL era).