Title IX Pt. 2

 “Athletic directors keep raising one supposedly insurmountable problem: Title IX, the ban on sex discrimination at educational institutions that accept federal funds. The argument is that colleges can’t pay male players because they would also have to pay female players, which would be ruinous financially.1” The reality on this matter is that it yes Title IX would require all athletes to receive equal treatment, what isn’t real is that doing this would ruin athletic program budgets. Instead of dwelling on why it can’t be done; we must shift the focus to how to get it done justifiably.  

It would take a closer look at how funds are allocated among the sports, and the probability of sharing revenue among the sports; different avenues must be explored to find the plausibility of being able to take into account all athletic budgets, and find a common ground. There is more than enough revenue generated by the NCAA from the primary income producing sports ( D1 Football/ Men's Basketball) that could allow for the creation of a fund pool to be dispersed between all athletes under the NCAA umbrella. "What we're saying is the revenue-income sports, certainly football, would need in a possibility of sharing the income that's being produced, paying it back to those guys.” – Les Miles

We as athletic directors must be willing to make the changes to allow for player compensation, instead of seeing it as the ultimate obstacle. “Like any business confronting a new expense, colleges could reduce overhead or raise prices. Right now, the highest-paid public employee in many states is the football coach. That may not be possible once players get a cut.1” The biggest issue with paying players is not title IX and how to disperse revenue evenly; I believe the problem is the greed that has evolved from the huge checks that coaches, and athletic directors receive. This may not be truly the reason that there are so many in opposition to compensating athletes; but it does provoke thought. The salaries of division football and basketball coaches are reaching million dollar marks, along with incentives for winning; comparing this compensation to the absolute zero players receive makes the argument more interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/pay-for-play-and-title-ix.html?_r=0