Kessler is obviously a bright lawyer, and I think what you
by VaDblDmr (2024-04-19 13:45:17)

In reply to: how can they possibly use the money to pay women's sports  posted by jt

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are seeing is recognition from lawyers -- as you know I have pointed out for some time here on this board -- that Title IX isn't going away and must be accounted for in revenue distribution. That is reality. Football players don't need to give "permission" because the law requires it. If revenue is being paid by the school to the players, then women have to get their equitable cut.

I've tried to hypothesize ways around that, but so far as I can tell nobody is interested in taking that extra step, e.g. having players paid directly by media companies for broadcasting their games. That would literally be NIL money and wouldn't implicate Title IX. But schools paying players would. Or I suppose you could just completely carve out football teams from the school and make them professionals with no requirement to be students and then license the school name to the uniforms.

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