Okay, I openly admit I don't really understand how NIL works regarding the schools' role. If someone could explain it, I'm sure there are others like me.
This is bad, right? I know the key aspects of this are that the school must make the same options available to female athletes, but that doesn't mean they have to make the same amount of funds available to female sports as they do to men, does it? It also mentions that booster-supported funds are included as well.
This seems like a massive blow to NIL, threatening to take down the whole system. NIL was supposed to be based purely on marketable value, not fairness. The same amount of funds can't be available to the women's team as the men's. Boosters choose where to send their funds, the University can't force their hand.
This is bad, right? I know the key aspects of this are that the school must make the same options available to female athletes, but that doesn't mean they have to make the same amount of funds available to female sports as they do to men, does it? It also mentions that booster-supported funds are included as well.
This seems like a massive blow to NIL, threatening to take down the whole system. NIL was supposed to be based purely on marketable value, not fairness. The same amount of funds can't be available to the women's team as the men's. Boosters choose where to send their funds, the University can't force their hand.
