Any lawyers here? Athletes now paid by universities. Title 9 implications analogous to scholarships?

SteveM 2280 posts Joined: Sep 9, 2011

Posted 3:46 pm on Oct 23, 2024

If the schools will be paying $20M to football players, won't the women be demanding $20M for their sports?
How is direct payments to athletes different from athletic scholarships?

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Any lawyers here? Athletes now paid by universities. Title 9 implications analogous to scholarships? SteveM 3:46pm · 10/23/24
- If they become “employees” under Title VII, I think it is a bigger problem for them than Title IX. Shadow_of_the_Dome 12:55pm · 10/24/24
- IMHO It will force three things: (1) decision to be a "pro" school, (2) union, and (3) "equal pay". LanceManion 4:38pm · 10/23/24
  - Thanks for the legal details. The union idea with here and gone players, how would that work? SteveM 4:50pm · 10/23/24
    - From what I've seen, college players moving around doesn't work all that well for the players LanceManion 4:56pm · 10/23/24
      - Will the collectives go away or will they be the X factor going forward holybull101 6:24pm · 10/23/24
        
        No different than advertising contracts. I think they stay but are somewhat regulatedNT LanceManion 6:28pm · 10/23/24
  - Ive heard that at places like Ohio State and Tennessee holybull101 4:42pm · 10/23/24
    - I have a friend whose son plays at SCUM and he's said same, along with roids being prevalent. It's a LanceManion 4:50pm · 10/23/24
- Are the schools directly paying them? I thought it was the collectivesNT holybull101 4:03pm · 10/23/24
  - The colleges now are starting direct payments. That's why head coaches are miserable. SteveM 4:12pm · 10/23/24
    - Hence the rise of the GM position at colleges Nigel Tufnel 5:18pm · 10/23/24
      - ND has a GM AlbanyIRISH 6:32am · 10/24/24
    - Interesting I was thinking that the collectives was how they were going to get around Title 9, like holybull101 4:38pm · 10/23/24

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