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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Eric Olson

10 House Democrats ask NCAA about plans to protect women as ways to pay college athletes increase

NCAA Congress - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Ten Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the NCAA if and how college sports' major governing body plans to protect the interests of female athletes as the largest portion of NIL and revenue-sharing payments continue to be directed to male athletes.

The lawmakers, in a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker dated Thursday, noted that President Donald Trump's administration rescinded Title IX guidance on name, image and likeness payments that required equitable distribution between male and female athletes.

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