NEWS: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. Details ⤵️ http://dlvr.it/THxMGN - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 98 days ago

NEWS: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes.

Details ⤵️
http://dlvr.it/THxMGN

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kurtisching.bsky.social•98 days ago

Never understood this rule in the first place. NIL is privately funded not from the university or the government. It’s specifically for someone’s name image and likeness.

Requiring player who received NIL payments to allocate some of that to another player seems to run counter to the point of NIL

marqjone.bsky.social•98 days ago

This isn’t about NIL. This is about revenue sharing once Universities are allotted to disperse $20 million throughout their athletics personnel. This now means that Universities can give all their money to their basketball and football teams and none to their women’s volleyball teams.

kurtisching.bsky.social•98 days ago

My understanding was the revenue sharing of up to $20 million per school was due to a different ruling and while both pay players, they are two distinct revenue streams. NIL comes from collectives and direct sponsorships. All private donor/business funded.

The $20m is from the school itself

marqjone.bsky.social•97 days ago

There was some conflating on NIL-proper and “collectives.” But, this ruling is particularly harmful for Title 9 because this is direct school payments whereas NIL is not “the school,” per se.

kurtisching.bsky.social•97 days ago

Interesting. Revenue sharing was always going to be tilted towards the revenue sports, even if equal by gender, sorry men’s tennis. So I don’t have a major issue with this specific ruling tbh but it does beg the question, “is this just the opening salvo on Title IX?”

ncaaw.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yes it is.

marqjone.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yes. NIL is a different thing and not a Title 9 issue. Companies pay whom they want. Collectives also since they essentially have some sort of “deal” for the player’s compensation. But, the revenue sharing is what Title 9 could have a huge influence on.

redranga.bsky.social•98 days ago

I agree with this. Most of the people in these comments don’t even know what the rule is.

itspatrickpl.bsky.social•98 days ago

If these were private professional leagues, that would make sense, but these are educational institutions who receive federal money

nictiteight.bsky.social•98 days ago

Soon it will be all NIL payments to non-white athletes will be held in a special bank account only accessible by said melanin deficienados

skey3.bsky.social•98 days ago

You don’t think there needs to be more diversity in men’s division 1 basketball? Don’t you think it’s not fair that it’s predominantly
Black? Just curious

nictiteight.bsky.social•97 days ago

I’m being very sarcastic too.

nictiteight.bsky.social•98 days ago

Diversity can’t come at the expense of those black jobs though. Affirmative action goes too far! I believe it was MLK jr. who said, “don’t judge someone on the color of their skin but on the content of their heart…. Also white boy 3-pointers should get a fourth point.”

skey3.bsky.social•97 days ago

Haha. I’m joking man. The black players dominate D1 basketball and NBA because they are better.

motleycruising.bsky.social•98 days ago

Fascist is as fascist does.

neilomansky.bsky.social•98 days ago

So much for supporting and standing up for women

cmj81.bsky.social•98 days ago

The final act of the dept

realjackschlottman.bsky.social•98 days ago

Yeah, how can something that doesn’t exist rescind anything?

dshags.bsky.social•98 days ago

Those gals won't mind .... The Donald signed an EO to protect the little ladies from trans athletes. Amirite? 🙃

honestweighman.bsky.social•98 days ago

47 and Project 2025's agenda in action.

ukranianviking.bsky.social•98 days ago

What Department of Education?

chacespillman.bsky.social•98 days ago

I wish this could be a wake-up call for people to stop donating to their universities, but unfortunately, NIL deals are paid for by those who benefit from our new regime.

duckofpyke.bsky.social•97 days ago

50% of all women voted for this. Time to live your truth as 2nd Class citizens.

skey3.bsky.social•98 days ago

NIL money is directly tied to how much money that sport is bringing in to the university. Why did Caitlin Clark get a massive NIL deal? She made money for the U. If women’s sports are losing money, how do you justify paying them?

mattbuckelew.bsky.social•98 days ago

@grahamcouch.bsky.social Elon doing work.

cascadiacoug.bsky.social•98 days ago

This country really hit fast forward into fascism, white supremacy and misogyny

jonp214.bsky.social•98 days ago

All of the fear mongering over Trans athletes in sports was a blatant ruse to start gutting ALL of women’s sports and Americans fell for it hook line and sinker.

haltheloppie.bsky.social•98 days ago

Well duh. Did you think the party of fetishizing twink mouse femboys, and futanari lolicons was transphobic because they hate trans people? Thet hate women, trans women are women, hence they get hate, trans men transitioned from women, so they see them as colonizers. They just hate women. Simple.

85brettnolan15.bsky.social•98 days ago

How long before "white men only" signs are posted everywhere?

karinacoombs.com•98 days ago

“Protecting women and girls…”

thinmint.bsky.social•98 days ago

Is the Department of Education still a thing? I thought we decided it was evil and corrupt or something?

ukranianviking.bsky.social•98 days ago

Depends on who they're punishing and who they're helping.

Or, something like that.

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