On March 14, 2024, Riley Gaines, along with over a dozen college athletes, filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that the NCAA violated their Title IX rights by allowing Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, to compete in an NCAA swim team competition. The group of college athletes filed the lawsuit in the United States... Continue Reading →
Last week, a Tennessee federal judge granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the NCAA from punishing recruits who negotiate NIL deals with boosters prior to signing with a school.[2] Before this ruling, only athletes already enrolled at a college could negotiate NIL deals with collectives and boosters. The court order is effective immediately and applies to all... Continue Reading →
Dave Brown and his wife, Judy Brown, both high school girls’ tennis coaches, resigned in protest of proposed Title IX regulations.[2] If adopted, these proposed regulations would require schools to allow students to participate on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. On April 6, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new controversial Title IX regulations that... Continue Reading →
The NCAA placed significant sanctions on the Florida State University football team for violating name, image and likeness (NIL) rules. This makes Florida State the first college football team to receive a punishment for using NIL payments to wrongfully induce recruits.[2] The NCAA sanctioned FSU, its assistant football coach, Alex Atkins, and a booster, for... Continue Reading →
The New Mexico Attorney General’s office investigated hazing allegations involving New Mexico State’s basketball team last season.[2] After this investigation, three former New Mexico State basketball players were charged with a count of criminal sexual penetration, several counts of false imprisonment, several counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal sexual contact,... Continue Reading →
A recent ESPN analysis found that a majority of Power 5 athletic departments tweet more about men’s sports teams than women’s sports teams.[2] In February 2023, ESPN analyzed over 3 million tweets from both athletic departments and individual team accounts of the 65 Power 5 schools. The analysis showed that 84% of the Power 5 mentioned... Continue Reading →
On October 17th, Republican Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska introduced a bill alongside Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut to allow international student-athletes to be able to receive money from name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.[2] Currently, international student athletes cannot profit from their NIL due to visa restrictions. This bill, called the Name Image and... Continue Reading →
A gender equity review, completed on September 1, 2023, revealed continuing inequalities in men’s and women’s sports at MSU. The report found gender inequities exist in the areas of financial assistance, equipment and supplies, provision of locker rooms and practice and competitive facilities, scheduling of games and practice times, provision of medical and training facilities... Continue Reading →
When will universities begin to comply with Title IX and end discrimination in women’s sports? Two more women’s sports teams are suing a university for sex discrimination in violation of Title IX. The University of Oregon’s women’s beach volleyball and women’s club rowing teams plan to sue the university for Title IX violations. The two... Continue Reading →
Time again, another college has been accused of mishandling a Title IX complaint. On November 5th, 2021, a Brown University student identified by the name Jane Doe filed a complaint with Brown’s Title IX office claiming that a men’s lacrosse player raped her.[2] On September 11th, 2023, Jane Doe filed a lawsuit in the US District... Continue Reading →