The University of Minnesota is adding a $200 annual athletics fee for Twin Cities campus students.
The university’s Board of Regents approved the move last month; the $100-per-term fee will go to pay student athletes and help with “general cost increases” within the athletics department.
A federal judge signed off on a landmark NCAA settlement in June that will let each school share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year. Schools can also share $2.7 billion over the next decade to thousands of former players…