A long-awaited ruling in the expected House case this week, College Sports is on the cliff of a major overhaul.

While Judge Claudia Ann Wilken still needs final approval of the long-awaited settlement, a decision is expected to be made in the near future.

If the solution is formalized, changes will soon enter the way college sports work. The most prominent of these is the change in how the execution is, as the NCAA will no longer be responsible for traditional law enforcement and the CEO will soon be with powers that have never been before.

According to sources, the CEO of the new law enforcement organization in College Sports – the University Sports Commission – will have final decisions on the punishment and decide when the rules are violated, a level of single power that has never existed in the NCAA era.

The CEO's employment is expected to arrive soon after the housing settlement is finalized and led by Power 4 specialists from the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC. Their choice to lead the new agency will soon become one of the most powerful and influential people in college sports. Hiring the new CEO of the University Athletics Committee has been delving into it, according to ESPN sources. The process of searching before a job can be formally created shows how quickly the entire billion-dollar industry must make a transition before the game is played again in August. There is nothing that can happen formally before the judge’s decision, but the process is in progress.

The committee’s CEO will be one of the faces of this new era of university track and field. Sources told ESPN that the person is expected to come from college track and field, rather than a household name for college sports fans. The CEO is expected to receive seven numbers and will have important power once the settlement is over and the recruitment process is completed.

"All institutions will reach new membership agreements and we all agree to these new rules," said an industry source familiar with the process. "The CEO will have a responsibility to make sure everything is enforced and that the governance model is reasonable. This is a crucial role for the future of college athletics and college football."

The CEO is expected to report to the board, which is expected to include the Power Conference Commissioner. The CEO will also be responsible for running established systems – LBI software and accounting firm Deloitte has lined up to handle salary cap management and manage the name, image and similarities of the sales library.

As the NCAA no longer participates in traditional law enforcement, this will mark a significant change in the industry. (The NCAA will still deal with issues like academics and qualifications.)

Sources said the vision of the leader’s role and the scope of power for the position are illustrated in the so-called draft association documents, and all schools are expected to sign to formalize the new law enforcement entity. Basically, schools need to agree to abide by the rules.

Sources warned that the documents that have been distributed are still in the draft stage, but the source said the draft includes language that the CEO will make "final fact discoveries and decisions" about the violation of the rules. The CEO will also “appropriately impose such fines, fines or other sanctions” in accordance with the rules.

Schools must “finally” accept these rulings, but unless the school or athlete wants to challenge the subject. According to sources, they are required to "participate in the arbitration process", which is expected to be the only right of recourse.

According to the procedures governing arbitration, when a case eventually arbitration occurs, the subpoena authority is a potential choice through the discovery process, an authority that is not available during the NCAA investigation.

As college sports have been tilted towards the direction of numerous lawsuits and adjudications, the association agreement can also include a clause in which the school “agrees to waive the right to any jury trial in any disputes relating to or relating to the agreement.” The concept still needs to be accepted by all schools and is not expected to prevent litigation from entities outside the school.

It is worth noting that in recent years, litigation by attorneys or athletes has begun with the NCAA rules. Congress is still expected to help create a legal framework for the new system without having to be pieced together by current state laws.

Law enforcement has long been the harshness of the NCAA and is now uninstalling one of its most controversial and ineffective departments. All schools agree that law enforcement is ideal, but once enforcement is made for them or their athletes, problems arise.

Few coaches of this generation think that NCAA execution is an effective threat to comply with the rules.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day recently told ESPN in the recent "College Gameday" podcast. “I feel like before we make the rules, before we do anything, we have to do the right place to enforce the rules on the spot.”

The new organization hopes to speed up the schedule and a highly paid CEO to become the face of decisions. (NCAA Use Violations Committee.)

The drumbeat that led to settlements demonstrates past generations of behavior as schools have been rushing to spend on expected hats, and the preload is so large that the highest basketball roster is expected to receive nearly $20 million in salary, with the football lineup expected to reach the $40 million range.

Once the rules are made, will the school line up? Is the threat of law enforcement sufficient to solve the landscape? It's hard for the coach to imagine players' salaries falling behind in 2026.

The ultimate deterrent will be severe and consistently punished for preventing violations of rules, which has historically been elusive due to the lack of NCAA enforcement capabilities and a long process of enforcement.

Purdue Ad Mike Bobinski told ESPN in March that punishment needed to “leave traces,” citing New Orleans Saints’ bounty sanctions as an example of the types of punishment that change behavior. (The then Saints coach Sean Payton was suspended throughout the 2012 season, part of the penalty.)

"We've messed up this thing now that we have to be willing to draw a line in the sand, which can cause some pain," Bobinski said. "There are no two ways we're going to find out who just insists on crossing the line. But if they do, you have to force it to quickly."

He added that the Big Ten has already had a lot of thought and conversation about it because the mentality he said must be changed to where coaches and plans cannot consider breaking the rules “worth it.”

Bobinski added: "People work hard on this. That doesn't mean it will be easy or it will be out of the box, but I think we have at least a chance to do it well."

ESPN reporter Dan Murphy contributed.