The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday said it is rolling back a Biden-era guidance mandating colleges to proportionately compensate male and female athletes when it comes to money earned through name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
The guidance, issued in the final days of the Biden administration, outlined how Title IX—the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education—applies to student-athletes receiving NIL compensation.
Under Title IX, colleges must provide “substantially proportionate” financial aid, such as scholarships, to male and female athletes. For example, if 50 percent of a school’s athletes are women, then half of the school’s sports scholarship must go to women….