The nation’s top college football programs are shelling out astronomic NIL paydays to top prospects. Some of the deals have backfired spectacularly. 🏈

If your Halloween plans involve staying home, turning off the lights, and playing Xbox, Microsoft has picked an awfully good weekend for Free Play Days. 🎃 There are some seriously appropriate games in this week’s lineup, including a couple of names that horror fans will immediately recognize. 👇

NEW: SHAREHOLDER LAWYERS IN THE $75.4 BILLION MICROSOFT–ACTIVISION DEAL ARE ASKING DELAWARE FOR A $60 MILLION FEE. The proposed settlement is $250 million — roughly $0.30 per eligible Activision share — and the lawyers are seeking 24% of it. Bloomberg Law says a $60 million award would rank among Delaware’s largest attorney paydays. Microsoft is funding 40% of the settlement, with D&O insurance covering the rest. No wrongdoing was admitted. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick is scheduled to consider final approval tomorrow, Sept. 15. A $250M settlement. A $60M fee request. The hearing puts Delaware’s increasingly scrutinized economics of shareholder litigation back in the spotlight.