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Article raises some good questions. For example:

Imagine a school pays its male and female athletes $30,000 and complies with Title IX. Now imagine this school also pays the star quarterback $2.5 million and the future NBA lottery pick point guard $1.5 million in what the school labels “NIL” and doesn’t pay offsetting “NIL” amounts to athletes on women’s teams.

Would that arrangement comply with Title IX? When NIL is paid by a third party, such as a company that pays the athlete to influence or endorse, Title IX is not at issue. The direct involvement of the university is a complicating factor, however, especially since an NIL payment that is massively larger than an enhanced educational trust payment would raise obvious equity issues. This is the type of question that could spark litigation.
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Never going to happen but for the NCAA to stay as the governing body of all college sports they really need to reform Title IX and look at some new guidelines for it. I agree with lockerrooms, facilities, meal plans, scholarship comparisons, etc. But to have to pay $30,000 to a female athlete because the starting quarterback at Ohio State is getting $30,000 is little ridiculous and not a viable business model. You can count on 1 hand the number of female athletes that generate enough revenue to warrant an additional $30,000 on top of their scholarship from their institution.
 

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treeman said:
Never going to happen but for the NCAA to stay as the governing body of all college sports they really need to reform Title IX and look at some new guidelines for it. I agree with lockerrooms, facilities, meal plans, scholarship comparisons, etc. But to have to pay $30,000 to a female athlete because the starting quarterback at Ohio State is getting $30,000 is little ridiculous and not a viable business model. You can count on 1 hand the number of female athletes that generate enough revenue to warrant an additional $30,000 on top of their scholarship from their institution.
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Ummm... you do know that Title IX is a federal law and NOT an NCAA regulation - right?

The NCAA can only follow the law, they've little to no authority to "reform" it.
 
4Q_iu said:
Ummm... you do know that Title IX is a federal law and NOT an NCAA regulation - right?

The NCAA can only follow the law, they've little to no authority to "reform" it.
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I know, that's why I said it'll never happen. The supreme court would have to be the main driving force behind any change. Isn't gong to happen. But it's 2023, they need to take a look at it, it's not the 70s anymore
 
treeman said:
I know, that's why I said it'll never happen. The supreme court would have to be the main driving force behind any change. Isn't gong to happen. But it's 2023, they need to take a look at it, it's not the 70s anymore
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The Supreme Court?? WTH? Congress writes laws, the President signs them and IF there's a challenge, then the Supreme Court weighs in...

There are some pending Title IX lawsuits... the most recent was filed by U.Oregon athletes for the disparity in it's treatment of male and female athletes:

"... The complaint alleges that the school treats its male student-athletes “shockingly better” than its female student-athletes. For example, the 85 football players enjoy “palatial locker rooms, their own theatre with seats upholstered in Ferrari leather, nearly-unlimited publicity … and myriad other forms of support that one can hardly imagine,” according to the complaint. Meanwhile, University of Oregon does not provide the women’s varsity beach volleyball team with any practice or competitive facilities, forcing female athletes to practice and compete at a public park that lacks stands for spectators, has bathrooms with no doors on the stalls, and is frequently littered with feces and drug paraphernalia..."

https://msmagazine.com/2023/12/13/female-athletes-sue-university-oregon-sex-discrimination/

What court is going to strike down Title IX because of how much Oregon or (insert random P5 school) spends on men's teams vs. women's teams?

I know some make teams (golf, tennis, wrestling, etc) have theorized on filing lawsuits but I haven't found one that's went forward.
 

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I heard on Full Ride the other day that three pre-portal/pre-NIL athletes have filed a class action suit on behalf of athletes from 2000-present who were denied freedom of movement and compensation by rules in effect during their playing days. They are seeking damages from the NCAA and its member schools to compensate them for illegally blocking them from earning their just income.

Since the courts have ruled in favor of any challenges to NCAA rules on transfers and NIL, it will be interesting to learn if the thousands of athletes bound by those rules are eligible for compensation and perhaps damages. Since schools are not paying NIL, it is doubly interesting to learn if damages for denied NIL access can be accrued to them.
 
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