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U.S. Department of Education Rescinds Biden Administration's Title IX NIL Guidance

The Ohio State Buckeyes, who had one of the most expensive rosters in college football, would have been forced to make some adjustments to the NIL budget under Biden's Title IX guidance. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

President Donald Trump's administration rescinded Title IX guidance put forth by former President Joe Biden that would have resulted in significant changes to Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) in college athletics, the Department of Education announced on Wednesday.

In former President Biden's final days in office, the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued guidance related to Title IX that stated that revenue-sharing payments from schools to athletes must be "proportionately" distributed to men and women athletes. If the revenue-sharing payments did not get distributed equally between men's and women's sports, schools would be in violation of Title IX.

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