Title IX ruling(?)

[mjohns2078]

If the Dept. of Education had ruled that Title IX does indeed extend to include NIL Payments, I have a few questions that only the Wisdom of the Vent can answer:

1. Isn't that why a lot (most?) schools pay their NIL through these shell collectives, so the money isn't coming directly from the institution?
2. Does the Federal Dept. of Education overrule State Governor rulings such as those made in Georgia and (I think) Missouri?
3. For cases where the NIL Payments are now going to be subject to Title IX, what happens to those contracts? Are the voided? Are they renegotiated?
4. Is this just a first step toward the Congress wasting their time and tax-payer money again meddling in sports instead of addressing actual government business?

That last one might get me sent to the chat.

 

[USA1DOG]

I would imagine that the Department of Education will change under the new incoming president. We will see what happens.

 

[JCarbo76]

If the Dept. of Education had ruled that Title IX does indeed extend to include NIL Payments, I have a few questions that only the Wisdom of the Vent can answer:

1. Isn't that why a lot (most?) schools pay their NIL through these shell collectives, so the money isn't coming directly from the institution?
2. Does the Federal Dept. of Education overrule State Governor rulings such as those made in Georgia and (I think) Missouri?
3. For cases where the NIL Payments are now going to be subject to Title IX, what happens to those contracts? Are the voided? Are they renegotiated?
4. Is this just a first step toward the Congress wasting their time and tax-payer money again meddling in sports instead of addressing actual government business?

That last one might get me sent to the chat.

One of the issues that jumps out is what is NIL? If it is a car dealer paying some college athlete X amount of dollars to appear on the dealership’s billboards, then I don’t see any Title IX implications.

But we all know that’s not all of what’s happening. If the university is paying some QB 3 million to transfer in, then that is a university-based benefit, and has Title IX implications.

In my opinion collectives are more of a gray area.