The U.S. Department of Education has released guidance that says schools must make name, image, and likeness (NIL)-related compensation "proportionately" available.

U.S. Department of Education defines NIL as financial aid that must be proportional for male and female athletes

The U.S. Department of Education says plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX.

The U.S. Department of Education published a memo on Thursday providing guidance regarding name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation and its

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The nine-page fact sheet says NIL payments qualify as “athletic financial assistance which, under Title IX, must be made available to male and female student-athletes in a manner that is substantially proportionate to the number of students of each sex participating in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics at that school.”

As the sun sets on the Biden administration, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education (OCR) provided a new Fact Sheet on Jan. 16, 2025, to “clarify” how Title IX will apply to universities’ direct payments to student-athletes for use of their names,

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued guidance regarding college athlete name, image and likeness, putting the onus on schools to ensure their male and female athletes receive proportionate NIL opportunities and resources—regardless of whether the funding comes from external sources.