Title IX now trying to get into NIL fray

[Jason Svoboda]

Face palm and laughter.

In an 89-page answer filed Monday night, the university laid out its defenses against a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit filed late last year by a group of 32 current and former Ducks women beach volleyball players and rowers.

The plaintiffs are contending that Oregon has systematically deprived them of equal athletic financial aid and other resources, including those that empowered their ability to monetize their name, image and likeness. Their lawsuit is the first ever to invoke alleged discrepancies in NIL opportunities as the basis of a Title IX noncompliance.

Oregon Denies ‘Any Control’ Over NIL Collective in Title IX Defense

Division Street, the Oregon-focused collective backed by Nike founder Phil Knight, is at center of sex-discrimination suit filed by UO women athletes.

www.sportico.com

 

[hans1950]

So, if your name and image have no particular value you should still be paid as though it does. The whole world of college athletics is being turned inside out.

 

[4Q_iu]

Bookmark this page for questions related to Title IX and it's application...

Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Justice

https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-i...tivity receiving Federal financial assistance.

 

[Jason Svoboda]

Bookmark this page for questions related to Title IX and it's application...

Civil Rights Division; U.S. Department of Justice

https://www.justice.gov/crt/title-ix#:~:text=No person in the United,activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

The highlighted text is exactly why I think this is laughable. Collectives are third-party entities operating outside of the schools. To think they owe you anything, especially when you have no free market value, is just some beetle-headed level shit.