re: President of NCAA proposes NIL rule change

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I can't see how Universities can offer more NIL money to certain groups. It has to be equal. I don't see this one working out. Now, university booster clubs should be able to say "we're not the university", but I'm sure it'll be challenge in court.

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That’s exactly how the NIL collectives get around it today. Since they aren’t technically run by the university, they don’t fall under Title IX. As soon as the university is directly involved, that changes things.

Honestly Title IX might be the biggest problem facing any “amateurism reform” for the NCAA. Even if the NCAA completely legalized direct payment to players, Title IX compliance would still be a huge hurdle. As long as those payments have to be split up evenly between men and women’s sports, the schools won’t realistically be able to pay “market value” for a top QB without simultaneously paying ridiculously above market value for a bunch of female athletes.

On one hand, it could be viewed as a feature that keeps things from getting out of control. On the other hand, it just incentivizes under-the-table payments or third parties.. which is what we have right now anyway.

I’m not sure how the NCAA gets anywhere on the compensation issue without some sort of legislative relief (one way or another) in the long run.