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New College Sports Model Can’t Dodge Title IX Implications: ‘It’s Head-On’
The SCORE Act aims to regulate athlete compensation and provide academic, legal, and health support while addressing concerns over gender equity and NCAA regulatory power.
- The SCORE Act, a bill progressing through Congress in 2025, aims to create a standardized system for compensating college athletes based on their name, image, and likeness rights.
- This legislation emerged after the July 1 House v. NCAA ruling allowed schools to pay athletes directly up to $20.5 million, shifting control over athlete payments and NCAA restrictions.
- The bill would expand NCAA regulatory power and require universities to support student-athletes, but critics warn it lacks explicit Title IX gender equity protections and could deepen disparities favoring football and men's basketball.
- Experts and lawmakers stress that Title IX must apply to NIL compensation, with 21 Democratic Women’s Caucus members urging Congress to amend the bill to protect women and avert legal challenges citing discrimination.
- The bill faces significant opposition and uncertain support in the Senate, with concerns the debate will trigger numerous Title IX complaints and heighten calls for equitable revenue sharing among collegiate athletes.
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New college sports model can’t dodge Title IX implications: ‘It’s head-on’
With all the talk about revenue-sharing in college sports, front-loaded NIL packages, multi-million-dollar quarterbacks and looming Congressional involvement, all but overlooked has been the elephant in the room: Title IX. The long-awaited House vs. NCAA settlement was to bring some…
Will the SCORE Act Sideline Women Athletes? Title IX Advocates Push for NIL Protections
Members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus are pushing Congress for explicit Title IX protections for women student-athletes in a proposed national law related to name, image and likeness (NIL)—and long-time gender equity advocates hope they succeed. Four years into student-athletes being able to capitalize on their NIL, 32 states have enacted their own laws. Now, there is a proposed bill before Congress, the Student Compensation and Opportunity…
Congress takes steps to regulate revenue sharing, NIL for college athletes
Collegiate sports could be facing another change in how athletes are compensated, following the advancement of a new proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives in late July. The move comes after the landmark House v. NCAA ruling, which allowed colleges to directly pay athletes a share of their television and marketing revenue. This ruling, which took effect on July 1, gave universities the power to distribute up to $20.5 million to athletes. …
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