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[crowd chanting] One more year! One more year!

One more year...

[♪ Garth Brooks: "Callin' Baton Rouge"]

[announcer] Fans, welcome to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center

for today's matchup between the Kentucky Wildcats and your Fighting Tigers!

♪ I spent last night in the arms of a girl ♪

- ♪ In Louisiana ♪ - [crowd] Louisiana!

♪ And though I'm out on the highway, my thoughts are still with her ♪

♪ Such a strange combination of a woman and a child ♪

♪ Such a strange situation stoppin' every hundred miles ♪

♪ Callin' Baton Rouge ♪

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] This afternoon it is the regular season finale.

We will have Senior Night to honor Hailey Van Lith and Angel Reese.

[announcer 2] It's a great opportunity to honor these players

for what they have not only given to LSU women's basketball,

but to the country.

[Reese] Fan base here, I mean, old, young, white, Black...

everybody comes out.

[announcer] Yeah, she stopped in the lane, had it knocked away.

Johnson got it, two on one, behind her back,

Van Lith layup is good.

It makes you want to be here as long as you can

and love this place as long as you can, 'cause they love on you really well.

[announcer] To Morrow, right elbow, dumps it down nicely to Reese

and lays it in.

Is she going into the draft this year?

[Shaq] Yeah, she a senior.

[man] She got that NIL money now. That easy money.

You gotta earn that shit in the WNBA.

So she gonna stay then. No way she's coming out.

She's making more money here.

[Dellenger] If Angel Reese played ten years ago,

would she be known nationally?

I'm not so sure.

[announcer] Stay in your seats for a special senior tribute.

[Dellenger] I think the name, image, and likeness era

has pushed athletes who normally

would not have as much attention to the forefront.

NIL has been groundbreaking and is gonna lead, I think,

to more changes that are even bigger down the line.

[Reese] I'm so happy to be a senior. It's been a long four years.

- But, baby, I'm graduating. - [player] Baby, we're out!

♪ Should I stay, should I go? ♪

♪ I don't know ♪

[crowd chanting] One more year!

One more year! One more year!

[mellow electronic music plays]

- [woman] Name, image, and likeness. - [man] Name, image, and likeness.

NIL.

This ruling could, quite literally, change everything.

Let's go!

[tiger roar]

[reporter] Quick developing story.

The NCAA and Tennessee athletics are squaring off because of NIL.

[reporter 2] Breaking right now,

a federal judge blocked the NCAA's NIL's recruiting policy

after a lawsuit by the states of Tennessee and Virginia.

Effective immediately,

the NCAA must stop enforcing its interim NIL policy.

[man] What this will do is allow the schools

to do what they're already doing, but now they can do it in the open.

It also may allow them to get rid of the middlemen.

You may not necessarily need collectives anymore.

If we're just admitting that this is the schools

giving players money to come play sports,

why can't the schools just do it themselves?

[reporter 3] It's possible other states

could follow Tennessee and Virginia's lawsuit,

especially states where collegiate athletics

are a big part of the state's identity.

If we amend this, it will become a new Senate bill, right?

[woman] Yeah.

[Jacobs] Now that this Tennessee and Virginia injunction has come out,

it's created this frustration for us, because Tennessee and Virginia

technically have an advantage because their collectives

can be meeting with recruits.

Financial workshops... so we're changing that...

- Yeah. - ...and adding the services language.

And our coaches are frustrated.

They're hearing that said school paid X amount of money

and why don't... why can't we do that?

Marie Claire and I are sitting in a corner rewriting the state law.

Freaking A!

[Dellenger] For so long, universities couldn't attract talent

with direct pay in money, as it was illegal.

And now we're about to take a big stride into the next step.

[Jacobs] All right, so let's go ahead and go into state law.

So this document right here,

I took the existing Senate bill 250,

and as we were going through it,

I tried to strike things that we wanted to strike and change.

It's very confusing. I think our coaches are frustrated.

Tennessee and Virginia now has a recruiting advantage,

which ultimately then can become a competitive advantage.

You got the likelihood that 48 states are now going to come forward

and say the injunction that passed in Tennessee, in Virginia...

we want the same thing.

What does it look like if we do have to pay athletes?

What are these things going to look like?

Do you want legal in on this meeting, or just do us and the AG's office?

[Zinn] When necessary, they can come to the table on that with us.

I think it's going to change a lot about college athletics.

[Marie Claire] I'll get you the updated version end of day.

[dramatic music throughout]

[woman] ...Instagram feed, or are you looking to sell product right from that?

- Isn't this interview in seven minutes? - Mm-hmm.

All right, can we run through the answers real quick?

All right. Ready?

- Sure. - Did you look through it?

I mean, I have, like, if they're not trick questions, but...

No. Uh, these are the topics.

Reflections on your collegiate career as a senior.

I haven't really done much reflecting yet because...

we still have some unfinished business.

But...

I can't wait what to see...

I can't wait to see what the rest of the senior year holds.

And after we win, then I'll reflect.

- [snickers] - You're ready.

- Wanna see what you look like? - Yes.

Oh, throw an Accelerator on this.

- Mom, what? - That's what Jason asked.

- [chuckling] - A little product placement.

It can't go down? That's like, awkward.

This isn't working.

- What isn't working? - I'd have to hold it.

Well, you could hold it for a minute and then put it down.

It's... okay.

Good?

Yeah.

Hello, Olivia, it's David Lloyd here in Bristol, Connecticut.

- How are you? - I'm good. How are you?

I'm good. What do you got there? You drinking a...

Is this a sponsor product here already Olivia?

- There's product placement? - Hey, it's part of my morning routine.

- [laughs] - Okay. [laughing]

Okay, well, I think we're getting close to being ready if you are.

Awesome.

To gymnastics now.

Olivia Dunne and LSU in a showdown tomorrow night.

You can catch this one on ESPN2 at 5:00 Eastern.

L... stand by... two in the country.

Livvy Dunne, the number one most followed student athlete on social media

helping to shine a light on her team and her sport.

And we are very happy to be joined now by Livvy Dunne.

Livvy, so you're a senior now.

We're coming down the stretch in your career.

LSU has never won an NCAA gymnastics title.

You guys very much in contention this year.

What would it mean to deliver a championship

to Baton Rouge in April?

It would mean the world to this team and this university.

It's an unprecedented area for LSU Gym to win a national championship,

and I just think it would be so special for Tiger Nation.

[Lloyd] Yeah, things are building in that respect,

and we'll see how it plays out over the next couple of months.

But I know balance is a huge component of gymnastics

and you've had to balance quite a busy schedule in your life,

millions of followers across social media.

Your popularity has spawned legions of fans...

let's say rabid... can we say... is rabid a good word

for some of the male fans that follow you?

You know what? They're... they're passionate.

[Lloyd] All right. Passionate. That's a better word.

There was that scene in Utah, I know, where these guys were so intense

and sort of almost overshadowed the meet.

You're looking at some video here.

- [men shouting] - Livvy!

[Lloyd] Is there a downside to all this for you, Livvy?

[men continue yelling on video]

I mean... yes and no.

I'm so blessed to have these supporters in my life.

And this video, I feel like,

doesn't really capture everyone that supports me.

I mean, there's really amazing girl fans also that support me

and love me for who I am and my gymnastics.

And... yeah.

[Lloyd] Livvy, great stuff.

I'm looking forward to you guys tomorrow on ESPN2

Top-10 Showdown in the SEC.

We thank you so much for joining us today, Livvy.

Thank you so much.

[off chime sounds]

Good job.

I just feel like a little bit... thank you, first of all...

but I feel like a little bit on the Utah question...

You were fine. It was fine. You didn't slam your fans.

- [Olivia] No, no. - So I just think it's like...

- I feel like that video doesn't... - I understand...

- ...completely capture... - I know what you were trying to say.

People like to try to make that into, like, a bigger security...

not that it wasn't a little out of hand, but...

Yeah, well...

All right.

Next order of business.

The Purina deal.

One of the most important parts is a media day in New York City

on June 26.

One Instagram feed post, two Instagram stories.

One TikTok. Those would be your deliverables.

You also...

have that... that girl's just gonna interview you real quick at like 7:00ish.

Okay.

[mom] Okay, so that's something to take into consideration.

The deal that for you...

[continues indistinctly under soft piano music]

[background chatter]

[soft piano music continues]

Aah!

[Olivia] Being here is only four years of your life.

I've been blessed to have these opportunities

that come along with NIL.

It's huge to be able to capitalize on it while you're here in college.

I am eligible for a fifth year because of my freshman year.

That was a COVID year.

So we do get another year.

I have no clue if I'm gonna do it.

I love gymnastics,

but I also would love my body being in one piece.

I have two torn labrums, torn bicep.

I have the worst shin splints ever.

But if I can fix some of these things and let my body rest during off season...

Yeah, I don't know. [laughs]

[dynamic music plays]

[crowd chanting] SEC! SEC!

SEC! SEC!

[announcer] The question gets asked a lot: Is this LSU's year?

This is a team that feels they have unfinished business,

and that starts with the SEC championship.

[man] Go, Tigers!

You made a decision on what you wanted to be this year.

I expect you to go in there and make tonight

a celebration of everything that you have done.

It's about us, just Tigers versus Tigers tonight.

So go in there.

Let it fly.

No distractions, no regrets.

You're the best team out there.

Go act like it, and have a good time doing it.

Go Tigers.

[team claps]

[announcer] Welcome to New Orleans,

where tonight we will crown the SEC champions

in the toughest conference in women's college gymnastics

against the four highest ranked teams here in the SEC.

[Clark] When you're in this conference,

in our session, all four teams were in the top seven in the nation,

so very, very strong competition, and in many ways

it's harder to win this championship than it is even the national championship.

[announcer] Here we go on vault, one of the best in the country...

Haleigh Bryant!

[announcer 2] Can't do it any better than that.

And it could be a perfect 10 here.

[Clark] For our sport, there is no NBA.

There is no NFL.

There is no opportunity for these kids,

after they complete their collegiate career,

to go on and to do it professionally.

I think they all realize there's a shelf life to their notoriety.

[announcer] Wow. LSU and Alabama tied after one rotation.

Holy cow.

We said it was going to be close, and it is after one...

Now over to bars. Olivia Dunne.

[echoing] Third spot.

[Clark] This is the one opportunity they have to take advantage of

and profit from the work that they've put in

since they were three, four, five years old.

[tense music plays]

[woman] You got it, Liv. Come on.

[cheering]

[cheering]

Yeah!

Let's go!

[announcer] A very good routine from Olivia Dunne...9.8.

[announcer 2] These athletes are in the zone tonight.

Can they carry it forward through the rest of the meet?

The fire is lit. Keep throwing gasoline on it.

Great job. Great job.

[announcer] So we got a tie between LSU and Kentucky.

We said it'd be exciting, Sam, and I love it when we're right.

LSU though, their competition gets started in this rotation.

They go to the balance beam.

If you can't hear, they're chanting...LSU!

It's a home-away meet for the Tigers.

Konnor McClain, already one of the best, in my opinion, collegiately on this event.

[cheering]

But that, right there, is textbook perfection in women's gymnastics.

[announcer 2] And that's gonna be a huge number for LSU.

[announcer 1] It's a 10 on beam for Konnor McClain...well deserved.

This place is pandemonium.

If you didn't think it was electric before, you can't deny it now.

The LSU Tigers

just won their fifth SEC Championship in school history.

Yeah! Yeah!

[announcer] The greatest team to never have won a national championship.

Can they win the NCAAs?

[Olivia] That was our first little taste of success as a team.

But I still have some unfinished business.

I want the national championship. That would be the cherry on top.

[man] When we go to the Combine

and we start asking all those guys from the SEC

who's the toughest opponent you've faced, and it's Jayden Daniels,

Jayden Daniels, Jayden Daniels.

So that's an important trait as the draft season approaches

just four weeks from today.

[man 2] He has meetings with the New England Patriots,

the Washington Commanders, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings,

Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders.

[man 3] I can't wait to watch his rookie year

and going forward with whatever team he goes to.

[Jayden] It has been pretty wild.

I'm excited to go back home for a little bit,

see friends, see family.

I mean, it's just kind of where everything started right here.

There's just so many memories coming back.

My best years of my life were high school,

so I be missing it sometimes.

[cheerleaders chanting echoes]

We are...

Cajon!

[mellow hip-hop plays]

[reporter] A true homecoming for a local football star.

It's a big day of festivities to celebrate one of our own,

the Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels,

the former quarterback at Cajon High School.

What's up?

- [man] Man, keep going. - 'Preciate it.

Yeah! That's my boy!

Congratulations Dan!

[announcer] This Cajon High football star...

[crowd whooping and cheering]

[man] Hello, hello. Thank you for being here.

Thank you so much for showing up

to honor our hometown hero Jayden Daniels.

It is with immense pride and joy that we, as your mayor,

and the city council, to present Jayden Daniels

with the key to our city.

[cheers and applause]

[Jayden] It does mean a lot to come back out here and be recognized,

and see people that knew me ever since I was little.

Without them and their support,

I probably wouldn't be in a position like this today.

[man] We want to show how proud we are and how honored we are.

And so Mr. Daniels will be with us, forever and ever,

as we name the stadium after Jayden Daniels.

[cheers and applause]

I mean, I don't even know what to say.

I'm just blessed.

Honestly, I'm blessed, and my family, everybody supporting me,

friends, family.

My boys are over in the corner. Appreciate y'all for life.

Everybody came out here, since I was a kid, that watched me grow up,

you know, just to have a stadium named after me,

that's something I never dreamt about, and I really love y'all.

I love everybody from San Bernardino. I'm proud to be from San Bernardino.

- That's all I gotta say. Thank you. - [man] Thank you, Jayden!

[cheers and applause]

[Jayden] It's a great feeling, 'cause I know that my grandfather's name

will forever be cemented in legacy.

What my grandfather'd probably say is he just proud of me.

He'd call his friends, probably walk up and down the street,

you know, talk to the neighbors, and, you know, start bragging about me

and how good his grandson is doing.

And now we're here.

Getting ready to go to the NFL.

[interviewer] Now that Jayden is getting ready to take this next big step,

what concerns you the most?

Girls.

Them girls.

Some girl out here,

she's got a Jayden Daniels wall.

And her mama said, "Hey, honey,

you're gonna be the one who's gonna go get him."

And I know that sounds crazy, but I guarantee there's someone out there

who's trying to get their hooks into Jayden Daniels.

So thank God he got a mama like me, 'cause it ain't happening.

Yeah, I bet she did say something like that.

[indistinct chatter, laughter]

- [woman] So I sent the warm-up card... - Okay.

...and whatever your max velocity is, make sure we get it out there

so when we go out to the track we're ready to go.

All right? So today's the day.

Let's show our talent.

[punchy music plays]

[Alia] My mindset this year is that winning nationals is a must.

Literally a must.

Oh, dang it.

Nothing can get in my way whatsoever.

[trainer] Feel that?

It's a little painful. I mean... Well, it's a stretch.

- I would say uncomfortable. - [trainer] Okay.

Okay. Sounds good.

[trainer] Get loose. See how it feels.

So I know if we need to do something, we got time.

- Okay. - Cool.

- Yeah. - All right.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

[women] ♪ We ready ♪

♪ We ready ♪

♪ For y'all ♪

♪ Doo doo doo doo ♪

♪ Mm mm, uh-uh, uh-uh ♪

♪ Mm mm mm ♪

Come on, Li Li, let's go.

Hey. Hey.

[Alia] ♪ For y'all ♪

[laughter]

Okay.

- I can't see nothing with these lashes. - I know.

- I gotta hold my eyebrows up. - Yeah.

Okay. We're getting there.

I'm so excited to have my [singing] rhinestones on.

Oh, that's cute.

The little... [pewing noise]

It's still curving, right?

[laughter]

That's bomb.

Look at Mama, baby. That's so cool!

- You see the vision? - [laughs] I see your vision.

Oh, that's so pretty, Alia.

Father God, we just thank you in the name of Jesus

for this opportunity, Lord.

But right now, Father God, I just ask you in the name of Jesus

to take away any type of insecurities when it come to Alia.

Lord, we ask for your healing on this quad, Father God,

and whatever else you see that's gonna be in the way,

Father God, remove it.

In the name of Jesus,

no weapon formed against Alia shall prosper.

- Amen. - [voices] Amen.

[dramatic upbeat music playing]

Too much on my mind.

Just be here right now.

[clapper snaps]

I'm ready.

[announcer] Right away, the women's 60-meter hurdles.

And there's Grace Stark.

In the prelims, she beat Alia Armstrong, and that makes two races back to back

that Grace Stark has bettered Alia Armstrong.

There's Alia Armstrong, 2022 NCAA outdoor champion,

who owns three of the six fastest times in the country this season.

Look at that look of determination.

- Let's go, Li Li! - Let's go, Li Li!

On your marks.

[announcer] It's Armstrong at three, Stark at four,

Jones at the five.

[starter] Set...

Go! Go! Go, Alia!

Come on!

[announcer] Armstrong out well.

Let's go!

[announcer] So is Jones.

[mom] Let's go!

[dramatic music plays]

[announcer] It's Jones, Stark, Armstrong. Those are your top three.

[loud clapping]

Come on.

- Way to finish your senior year! - Yeah, baby!

[announcer] It's interesting. Alia Armstrong has run some fast times,

but it just didn't look like she had great pop.

Like something was just missing a little bit.

Like she was playing it just a little bit safe.

[Alia] Seeing everything unfold tonight has made me realize that...

I'm a little too comfortable.

And you came out here, you ran off heart today.

That was all heart.

[Alia] Um, I'm not satisfied with what I've shown the world this year.

I feel like there's so much more to offer, you know?

[water running]

[groaning]

[reporter] Right now, March Madness excitement is underway.

[crowd cheering]

LSU, they're the reigning national champions.

They're coming in with that, "Hey, we've done this already."

They're coming in with that energy.

[announcer] Angel Reese and this LSU program

with a massive following around the nation.

[announcer 2] The first rounds are in the books,

and they gave us no shortage of talking points.

[announcer] Boldyreva has fouled out of the game.

Trying to slow down Angel Reese. That is a tough assignment.

[man] All year, LSU women's basketball felt like public enemy number one.

[announcer] This LSU team, they thrive with that chip on their shoulder.

[announcer 2] It's very clear who the villain and who the hero is

going in the women's basketball tournament.

And the L.A. Times is facing backlash against an op-ed

about the LSU women's basketball team

ahead of its game against UCLA this weekend.

[man] And you say dirty debutantes,

and then you say the other's our milk and cookies?

[announcer 2] I mean, that takes it to another level.

[announcer 3] I don't know what you hope to gain

talking about 18-to-21-year-old young ladies in this capacity.

How dare people attack kids like that.

We're out there to kick your rear end, and that's how they play.

[Reese] When I get between those lines, we're not friends.

I'm gonna talk trashto you, I'm gonna do whatever it takes to get in your head.

I'll take the villain role. I'll take the hit for it.

But I know we're growing women's basketball, and you like it or you don't.

[woman] I just really feel like LSU,

they have something to prove.

People either love them and tune in to see them have success

or they can't stand them and tune in to see if they will fail.

Either way, everybody's tuning in.

[announcer] Reese putting it on the deck, gets denied by Betts.

Another chance here for LSU.

Shot clock at five.

Johnson lays it in!

[buzzer sounds]

The defending champs are not done yet.

LSU is headed to the Elite Eight.

[reporter] Flau'jae, how have you become a primetime player?

I know people gonna discredit me 'cause I rap and I hoop.

So I gotta go extra hard. So that's what I do. I be in the gym.

She does rap. Her new single is "It Ain't My Fault."

- But today this win was your fault. - It's our fault. It is our fault.

Get out your feelings. Get a bag!

[Flau'jae] ♪ It ain't my fault they getting mad ♪

♪ It ain't my fault, get out your feelings ♪

♪ Get a bag, it ain't my fault ♪

♪ Ran up a million, I got cash, it ain't my fault ♪

[announcer] This is one of the biggest nights

in the history of women's college basketball.

I don't care what anybody says.

[announcer 2] The game we've been waiting for,

LSU and Iowa back at it again, but this time in the Elite Eight.

All for one and one for all! One, two, three.

♪ And it ain't my fault ♪

[announcer] So much attention around this rematch

after the emotion of last season.

A trip to the Final Four at stake.

This a game where we gotta care about our defense

a little bit more than our offense. We know we can score. We gotta defend.

Defense turn to offense.

This ain't no fucking "Angel vs," okay? I need y'all motherfuckers.

We gonna have to win this shit with everybody.

Let's go. [Reese] Let's bust they ass.

LSU vs Iowa, let's go. BTA on three. Three.

[all] Beat their ass!

[announcer] The trip to the Final Four on the line,

the rematch is underway.

Reese comes up with a steal.

Reese all the way in to give LSU the lead.

Angel Reese having a tremendous opening quarter.

Clark... Oh, my from Schenectady.

Ediger gets denied.

Clark shakes Van Lith, into the lane,

gets fouled by Reese,

And then Angel Reese takes a tumble afterwards.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh, my goodness.

And you just hope

that this is not going to affect Angel Reese and LSU tonight.

Clark, catch fire...

that's in!

Crowd starting to sense it here for Iowa.

Clark...

again!

Here's Reese...Reese leans in, and that's a charge.

And number five on Angel Reese.

That is a tough fifth foul on Angel Reese who walks off

for perhaps the final time in her collegiate career.

[reporter] Angel, you had mentioned what a wild ride

this team has been on for the last year.

Can you kind of describe what it's meant to you,

what it's been like for you?

Yeah, we-we-we've seen everything this year.

We have been through so much adversity, and we never folded.

And just being able to come out tonight and give our all for 40 minutes...

we came up short, but we-we have to keep our heads high.

[reporter 2] Congratulations for the season you guys have had.

Flau'jae, if I could hear you on Angel

and the type of leadership that she's provided.

Bro, let me tell you something.

Everybody can have their opinion on Angel Reese.

But y'all don't know her.

Like y'all don't know Angel Reese.

I know Angel Reese. I know the real Angel Reese.

And the person I see every day is a strong person,

is a caring, loving person, but the crown she wear is heavy, bro.

She's the type of teammate that's gon' make you believe in yourself.

And, you know, just to see how the media ridicule her.

Went through our problems, but, like, this my sister right here,

and I'm so proud of her, like...

The media, y'all, how they like to twist and call it a villain and all that.

Y'all don't know, Angel, bro.

And I'm just happy that I get to play with her.

[man] Right here. Go ahead.

[Dan] Dan Zaksheske, outkick.com.

Angel, do you have any thoughts on your future plans in basketball?

I'll make a decision when I'm ready.

[sniffling]

[Worsham] Sport is a story.

Sport is that primal story distilled into

one beautiful act...

...where we see what we're capable of, what's possible.

Forever, college sports has been about the passion and the institution.

But I think more and more, the student athlete is becoming

the focal point and the center of the story.

[announcer] The greatest team to have never won a national title is no longer.

They will get it.

[announcer] This is a moment they are going to remember

for the rest of their lives, and it is so well-deserved.

[Olivia] I'm a national champion.

I remember saying that if we won that I wanted to be done, but...

...winning is addicting, let me tell ya.

Alright, here we go. I'm here to say...

I'm not Dunne yet.

[interviewer] Does NIL play a part in your decision to stay?

I mean, brands do like that I'm a student athlete...I won't lie.

This smile is gonna sell these shirts.

Now people come to college like...

let me stay, stack up my chips, like, you know what I'm saying?

Student athletes, they deserve more.

I think NIL is the beginning of it.

It's a money game, but...

you also have to love the game as well.

[Roger Goodell] With the second pick in the 2024 NFL draft,

the Washington Commanders select

Jayden Daniels.

[cheers and applause]

[Jayden] I think you deserve all the money that you need,

but if you let it become a distraction, that's your main focus,

then you're just taking away from what you came here for.

[cheers and applause]

[announcer] This was not someone who just jumped on the scene in college football.

He earned his way. He got better. He changed schools.

And now he's the second pick in the draft.

Let's have a good one.

Realistically, I don't see the NBA in my future.

Yes, sir, yes, sir.

If I didn't make another dime from any NIL,

but like the content that I made helped people,

like, I'm good. That's the most important thing for me.

But the G-wagon is nice, though.

One, two, three. Nice.

[Reese] I think at some point...

...it's gonna be all about the money.

But I think the women's side is super helpful for a lot of us.

Hey, Vogue, it's Angel Reese here,

and I am on set today for a huge announcement with the Bayou Barbie.

Today we're going to be announcing that I'll be entering the WNBA draft.

Good morning.

This is the moment you want to be in.

Only 144 people get to play in the WNBA.

[announcer] The Chicago Sky Select...

Angel Reese.

[cheers and applause]

[announcer] As we gather here tonight, it's clear that women's sports

are more than a moment.

[reporter] Quick developing story.

In an historic first, the NCAA and nation's Power Five conferences

have reached a deal to pay their athletes.

[reporter 2] ...$2.8 billion settlement that will allow

some players to be paid

directly by their schools for playing sports.

Student athletes kind of has a funny ring to it now.

[Dellenger] The House settlement is the most significant moment

in the history of college athletics.

Direct pay to athletes is on its way.

The fear is that in the future the relationship will be only about money.

[Gordon] It is changing quickly.

I just saw the other day where a basketball team

voted to unionize, right?

So you have 50 states and different things.

I hope and pray that doesn't change the fabric of college athletics

in relationship to how the fan supports it and is involved with it.

[Worsham] The system was skewed one way unfavorably toward student athletes.

But if we go so hard the other way and it's a purely financial decision,

we're going to lose so much connection,

so many memories that I think are vital to American sport.

[Jacobs] A year or two ago,

things were so chaotic because NIL was chaotic.

Now we're looking at the chaos of a revenue share.

This is at another level.

History is going to change in the next year.

But the love of the game and the money game,

I do believe they can coexist.

I'm gonna leave my Stitch here.

This feels like a dream.

Hold on, it's gonna be the... it's soon.

Oh, come on.

Oh, my God!

[laughing] What?

Look at me.

Who's that? The Rhinestone Queen.

Queen, queen.

Queen, queen, queen.

Whoo.

Wow.

Oh, man.

Yay, Evan!

[Evan] You did it. You did that.

- I have a billboard. - You did it.

[Alia] Instagram, get ready.

Like, really personal...

I was really struggling, like...

I would have $100 in my account as one of the star athletes at LSU.

And I was confused why.

I would still be in the same position if we couldn't do stuff like this.

Um, let's see. Oh, my god. I just hit 47 K.

Yay!

Whatever happens, whether I'm at the Olympics,

I'm just really excited to just start my next life.

- [chime] - Oh, Angel just said "Go, Queen," period.

I love her. [giggles]

[♪ Garth Brooks: "Callin' Baton Rouge"]

♪ I spent last night In the arms of a girl in Louisiana ♪

♪ Though I'm out on the highway My thoughts are still with her ♪

♪ Such a strange combination Of a woman and a child ♪

♪ Such a strange situation Stoppin' every hundred miles ♪

♪ Callin' Baton Rouge ♪

♪ A replay of last night's events Roll through my mind ♪

♪ Except a scene or two Erased by sweet red wine ♪

♪ And I see a truck stop sign ahead So I change lanes ♪

♪ I need a cup of coffee And a couple dollars change ♪

♪ Callin' Baton Rouge ♪

♪ Operator, won't you put me on through? ♪

♪ Gotta send my love down to Baton Rouge ♪

♪ Hurry up Won't you put her on the line? ♪

♪ Gotta talk to the girl Just one more time ♪