This could be a boon to OHIO Athletics, with our corporate partners here in SE Ohio and the big businesses, I could see some major money influx that will help our recuriting.

“Force their hand” to do what. Some of you people actually spend too much time wishing the demise of something you claim to enjoy and support.

Who else remembers when the cry was that allowing athletes to make money would kill the Olympics? And then we all realized no one gave a rat's a$$ that Michael Phelps was making millions. Or "snowboarding in the Olympics? How absurd?"

The sports world will sort itself out.

The issue of Title IX has come up before.

I remember a couple of lawyers talking about it on the radio.

They said Title IX is one of the "elephants in the room".

No one knows exactly how that will impact athletes getting paid.

It was their opinion that, under Title IX, if a college wants to any D1 athlete, they have to pay them all.
Every athlete on the roster of every male and female D1 team.

They also said every athlete could be required to receive the same compensation.

They also brought up the issue of whether, if an athlete is paid by the college, they are an employee ?

Lastly, they said, if athletes are considered employees, can they form
unions ?

In my opinion, no matter which direction this goes, there will be all kinds of legal challenges and it will be years before an athlete sees a paycheck.

I'm having trouble seeing how they're so spot on. Here's how Title IX reads:

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

In other words, Title IX applies specifically to education; it applies to college sports only inasmuch as educational benefits stand in as compensation.

Can you point me to where in Title IX it states that on the basis of sex compensation for services rendered must be equal? In fact, Title IX actually specifically permits schools to spend more on men's sports than women's. The equal protections apply to education benefits only, and it's the NCAA's own insistence on amateurism that results in their member schools needing to be Title IX compliant.

Because the courts have expanded the scope of Title IX over the years.

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It's already there. It's just under the table. The SCOTUS decision allows it to come more out into the open. Instead of having donors shuttle cash to athletes, the schools can take the money from donors and dish it directly to athletes to cover "educational expenses."

How do you think they cannot? Title IX has extended directly into scholarship and the new cost of living figures that schools have to give. Scholarships are compensation, at the undergraduate level they are just tax exempt. The reason that Women's basketball gets 15 scholarships and the men get 13, is Title IX, as Title IX DIRECTLY applies to college athletics and guarantees three basic things in regards to college athletics:

1. Participation: Title IX requires that women and men be provided equitable opportunities to participate in sports. Title IX does not require institutions to offer identical sports but an equal opportunity to play;

2. Scholarships: Title IX requires that female and male student-athletes receive athletics scholarship dollars proportional to their participation; and

3. Other benefits: Title IX requires the equal treatment of female and male student-athletes in the provisions of: (a) equipment and supplies; (b) scheduling of games and practice times; (c) travel and daily allowance/per diem; (d) access to tutoring; (e) coaching, (f) locker rooms, practice and competitive facilities; (g) medical and training facilities and services; (h) housing and dining facilities and services; (i) publicity and promotions; (j) support services and (k) recruitment of student-athletes.

You are ignoring the fact that the courts can expand the definition, which the courts do often. Also along this fact, is schools will cut programs to find the money to pay the football and basketball players. Face it, paying athletes will not bring OHIO or any other school more revenue. The moment these sports start getting cut, it will become a Title IX issue, mainly because federal dollars flow into the institutions, you also may very well see, like the olympics did, a change in their definition of amatuer.

So, if I'm reading this correctly, the point you and rpbobcat are making is that Title IX will be a big problem here provided courts expand the definition of Title IX enough for it to become a big problem.

Got it.

There's an article in today's The Record by Ralph Russo of the A.P.
referencing the NCAA's President's comments on how the NCAA is dealing with the SCOTUS decision.

I can't get the article to link.
Part of it is on Muck Rack.

The NCAA really isn't saying much.
Other then they are working on interim rules.