Department of Education Guidance: NIL Payouts Must Adhere to Title IX
The case settlement for House v. NCAA is due in two weeks, and the DOE has given their guidelines for moving forward.
Title IX memo throws wrench in plans for schools to pay NIL money directly to athletes
The U.S. Department of Education says plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals ...
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 ...
Fact Sheet on NIL, Title IX Should Be Considered With a Grain of Salt
There are persuasive arguments that Title IX ought to apply to distributions from the NCAA’s pending settlement to resolve the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust litigations. But just because a ...
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OCR Confirms Title IX Applies to Institutions’ Direct NIL and Revenue-Sharing
On January 16, 2025, the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education – the agency responsible for enforcing Title IX at institutions ...
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Department of Education Warns NCAA Schools That NIL Deals May Implicate Title IX Obligations
The U.S. Department of Education warned National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools that payments to athletes for the use of their ...
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Virginia Commonwealth University will pay athletes as colleges embark on new era
In 2021, the NCAA first allowed players to profit off their name, image and likeness, or NIL. VCU players have ... women’s players would violate Title IX, a federal law that requires colleges ...
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Was Justice Gorsuch thinking about Title IX in EMD Sales?
There has been a long-running debate about whether the appropriate burden in Title IX is "preponderance" or "clear and convincing." In many cases, especially those involving allegations of sexual ...