Ten Democratic members of the U.S. House sought answers from NCAA President Charlie Baker about protecting female athletes as NIL and revenue-sharing payments remain concentrated among men. They noted that the Trump administration rescinded Title IX guidance that required equitable NIL distribution. The lawmakers asked five questions by Aug. 30 about the House vs. NCAA antitrust settlement, including whether the NCAA will encourage equitable direct payments, refocus investments to support women's sports, commit to equitable distribution of settlement damages that largely favored football and men's basketball, estimate funding increases from additional women's scholarships, and educate athletes about settlement details and contract rights. The NCAA did not directly answer and urged support for the SCORE Act.
Ten Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the NCAA if and how college sports' major governing body plans to protect the interests of female athletes as the largest portion of NIL and revenue-sharing payments continue to be directed to male athletes. The lawmakers, in a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker dated Thursday, noted that President Donald Trump's administration rescinded Title IX guidance on name, image and likeness payments that required equitable distribution between male and female athletes.
The letter requests answers by Aug. 30 to five questions about the implementation of the recent House vs. NCAA antitrust lawsuit settlement: - Will the NCAA encourage schools to allocate direct payments to male and female athletes equitably? - With male athletes likely to continue receiving the bulk of NIL payments from third parties, will the NCAA refocus its own investments in women's sport to counteract the disparity?
- With 90% of the $2.8 million damages allocated to former athletes going to football and men's basketball players, how will the NCAA commit to ensuring damages are distributed in an equitable manner? - By how much does the NCAA expect additional scholarship opportunities for women to increase overall funding for women's sports at Division I schools? - What will the NCAA do to educate athletes - particularly female athletes - about the details of the settlement and the opportunities associated with it, along with the rights they may give up when signing contracts with their schools? In a statement to The Associated Press, the NCAA did not directly address the questions.
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