SAN FRANCISCO — Top college football and basketball players must be paid the full cost of their education, plus up to $5,000 a year in broadcast and video game licensing, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California ruled Friday.

The ruling brings to a close a hard-fought antitrust class action against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and seems likely to change the face of college athletics—though only slightly.

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