Women's sports athletes to file appeal on House vs. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations

[Geew1992]

Report: Women's sports athletes to file appeal on House vs. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations

A group of women's sports athletes/representatives will appeal the House v. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations, per Amanda Christovich.

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[Bone Dog]

I'm not at all surprised. And it's not just title IX at issue here, I think. The whole thing looks like a restraint of trade issue to me, all in the name of an incoherent notion of amateurism which the first NIL rulings should have consigned to the dustbin of history.

 

[azfan]

Report: Women's sports athletes to file appeal on House vs. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations

A group of women's sports athletes/representatives will appeal the House v. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations, per Amanda Christovich.

www.on3.com

From the article

Beginning July 1, Power conference schools — and non-Power conference programs that opt into the settlement by June 30 — will be able to share as much as $20.5 million with athletes, with football expected to receive approximately 75%, followed by men’s basketball (15%), women’s basketball (5%) and the remainder of sports (5%). The amount shared in revenue will increase annually.

 

[VaConnFan11]

Didn't the settlement just say each school gets $20.5 million and they can distribute it as they see fit? If that is truly the case, the ruling is not a Title IX violation. You would hope the judge already took this into consideration.

Appears to me you would have to wait until the schools distributed the money before any Title IX violations could occur.

 

[Bone Dog]

Appears to me you would have to wait until the schools distributed the money before any Title IX violations could occur.

I think that's right. But I think what we're mainly seeing in these headlines is a sort of shorthand for actual deals being made in various conferences and states. These deals are what will be challenged. The judge approved a settlement that she characterizes as a compromise and an improvement over the status quo ante. But the compromise is complex because of the patchwork of state regulations lurking under the federal settlement.

 

[azfan]

From the article

Beginning July 1, Power conference schools — and non-Power conference programs that opt into the settlement by June 30 — will be able to share as much as $20.5 million with athletes, with football expected to receive approximately 75%, followed by men’s basketball (15%), women’s basketball (5%) and the remainder of sports (5%). The amount shared in revenue will increase annually.

Women's sports, in particular basketball, will receive a tiny amount of money. Incrementally I don't see how this changes much and the big spending programs like LSU will continue to spend above the approximate 1 million dollars set aside for women's basketball.

 

[DRBackup]

Report: Women's sports athletes to file appeal on House vs. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations

A group of women's sports athletes/representatives will appeal the House v. NCAA settlement citing Title IX violations, per Amanda Christovich.

www.on3.com

Good luck with that. You cannot share revenues that you don't earn. Obviously not a concern with UConn women's basketball, but the other 99% of women's sports, and a solid 80% of men's.

 

[Dogdude]

It all hinges on the distribution to the minor sports as well. It may be that some schools will struggle with this, and simply eliminate both men's and women's teams to keep things equal. As football is primarily a men's sport, this gets tricky. I'm sure we'll be seeing even more billboards for attorneys now, and not just personal injury.