NCAA Ruling on NIL and Title IX - The women will be paid

[Tanko]

So the girls will get their cut of the money.....

1. Revenue-sharing payments from schools to athletes must be “proportionately” distributed to men and women athletes
2. Schools are permitted starting July 1 to distribute at least $20.5 million to athletes annually in an escalating, capped pay system.

Most schools were planning on dumping 85% of the revenue into Football and mens basketball. That may need to change to avoid Title IX issues.

But, there's a catch... This is only "Guidance" and the new administration (Trump) will make the call on enforcement and can change the guidance.

New Title IX guidance from President Biden's administration threatens to upend school rev-share plans in college sports

The outgoing administration's Department of Education dropped an 11th-hour salvo saying any payments must be “proportionately” distributed to men and women athletes to satisfy Title IX.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[djefferis]

It’s an unenforceable ruling - just like saying equal pay in the workplace.

You can say that a person not be discriminated against salary wise based on their sexual orientation - but you can’t require that 53% of the people hired for any particular job be female.

So how does this work for example if a trans athlete signs up ? Do they count towards the female quota as they are playing women’s sports - or male as it was their sex at time of birth ?

 

[Tanko]

It’s an unenforceable ruling - just like saying equal pay in the workplace.

You can say that a person not be discriminated against salary wise based on their sexual orientation - but you can’t require that 53% of the people hired for any particular job be female.

So how does this work for example if a trans athlete signs up ? Do they count towards the female quota as they are playing women’s sports - or male as it was their sex at time of birth ?

First, excellent question. But, since GOP has a bill in the house to ban transgender athletes, that may not be an issue for long.

Second, its just a guideline and not enforceable like you said but, you can be guaranteed there will be a Title IX lawsuit filed by someone very soon for the "in-equality" in NIL monies.

 

[charliebrown]

So what does mean for lower level d 1 mens tennis?