So much for supporting female athletes: Dept of Ed revokes Biden guidance on sharing NIL payments

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https://www.espn.com/college-sports/stor...thlete-pay

Good article. Gets into the longstanding legal precedent for requiring schools to share revenue (via financial assistance) with female athletes even though their sports don't earn as much for the school as football and men's basketball.

In light of new funds for college athletes via NIL (name, image, likeness) deals, the Biden administration issued guidance under Title IX that female athletes need to be equitably included.

Oh no, DEI!!

[Lux Interior]

So he bans trans women from sports to protect the "real" women then turns around and says, "FU" to women's sports.

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Lux Interior wrote:
So he bans trans women from sports to protect the "real" women then turns around and says, "FU" to women's sports.

Pretty much, yes.

I expect Title IX protections to be gutted in short order. I hope schools don't comply with Rump, but since it involves $$$$$$ they probably will.

[jonny]

GOP leopards are going to have a feast!

[cbelt3]

It’s all about putting women in their place. Pregnant, barefoot, in the kitchen.
AND WOMEN VOTED FOR THIS !!!!

[DeusxMac]

Hey, our bottom line… tell dem broads to talk to us when dey bring in the real dough; sell as many tickets and T-shirts and beers and sneakers as the guys do.”

Would have put that in quotes, but they’d never say it out loud.

[macphanatic]

Do all players on a team benefit equally from NIL payments? If not, why should they be shared equally between teams at a school? Either it's distributed equally to everyone or it isn't.

My guess is that men's football and basketball got the majority of the NIL payments compared with other men's sports. One could argue that the other men's sports don't generate revenue the way that football and basketball do. My guess would be that women's basketball would be the third highest NIL revenue generator, but way behind football and men's basketball.

It's a slippery slope.

It's like the WNBA players complaining about pay inequity. However, it appears that the cumulative WNBA player payroll represents a larger percentage of WNBA revenue than NBA payroll to revenue. And the WNBA revenue includes the NBA financial support. Based upon all of this, one could argue that WNBA player payroll is more than equitable for the players.

[Acer]

I thought college was about learning, not about being an advertising opportunity. The revenue earned from this very lucrative side gig should benefit all students.

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Acer wrote:
I thought college was about learning, not about being an advertising opportunity. The revenue earned from this very lucrative side gig should benefit all students.

Sounds like woke socialism to me.

I have reported you to my regional Überseher.

[DeusxMac]

Acer wrote:
I thought college was about learning, not about being an advertising opportunity. The revenue earned from this very lucrative side gig should benefit all students.

Yeah, learning how to become a professional athlete!