What Title IX Fallout Might NIL Legislation Pose?

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Allowing a college student-athlete to make money from the use of their name, image and likeness has seen support from nearly every corner of the country, but the biggest challenge to the concept of amateurism in decades brings all sorts of legal questions. Forbes points to what it calls "a neglected area of the law" — Title IX — as posing potential headaches for schools mandated to keep treatment of male and female student-athletes equitable.

As reported by Forbes contributor Kristi Dosh, schools must offer equitable treatment of male and female student athletes in the areas of participation, financial aid and the provision of things such as equipment, travel, facilities, scheduling, recruitment, publicity and more. Opportunities need not be identical, but they do have to be equitable. Many have dismissed Title IX as a nonissue because payment would presumably be made directly from third parties to student athletes, but legal experts have a different take.

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