As College Sports Move Toward Pay for Play, Title IX Looms

As college sports move toward pay for play, Title IX looms as another hurdle for the NCAA
A court settlement that would require colleges to pay athletes billions for their play is not going to settle the debate over amateurism in NCAA sports.
NCAA Athlete NIL Pay Must Be Title IX Compliant, Dept. of Education Says
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued guidance regarding college athlete name, image and likeness, putting the onus on schools to ensure their male and female athletes receive proportionate NIL opportunities and resources—regardless of whether the funding comes from external sources.
Department of Education releases memo on student-athlete NIL pay, Title IX compliance
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights released a fact sheet on Thursday clarifying the rules of NIL payments and Title IX compliance.
Dept. of Education says Title IX applies to payments to athletes
The direct payment plans that many major college athletic departments are making for athletes would violate Title IX law, according to a Department of Education memo.
New Title IX Guidance Reshapes NIL Payments in College Athletics
OCR’s Title IX guidance reshapes college athletics by requiring proportional NIL revenue sharing between male and female athletes, challenging budgets.
Department of Education guidance puts equal student athlete pay under Title IX
Thursday the outgoing Department of Education sent out guidance on college athletics and its future model of profit sharing.

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Protest demands NCAA ban transgender athletes from women's sports
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College sports leaders considering new eligibility rule that eliminates redshirts, waivers and other exceptions
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Republican to propose resolution calling on NCAA to ban trans athletes from women's sports
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla. already has plans to introduce a resolution to further tackle the issue of trans athletes in women's ...
IU Athletics eliminates 25 positions in layoffs as it braces for NCAA revenue sharing
The Indiana athletics department eliminated 25 positions as it looks to trim 10% of the budget from each of its auxiliaries ...
As NCAA mulls expansion of March Madness, a bigger question: Who will be in charge of it?
The association needs a new governance structure to accommodate the more professionalized parts of the NCAA’s membership.
Women's college basketball teams to be paid for playing NCAA Tournament games
In a move to help close the pay gap between men and women in college sports, the NCAA will now pay Division I women's ...
NCAA to dole out $1.2B to help pay for House settlement. Its president asks for Congress to step in
Stressing his own organization’s ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, ...
NCAA president says legal clarity needed on transgender athlete participation
The brief mention of the NCAA's transgender athlete policy by the organization's leaders during a high-profile event was ...