Title IX Ruling

[Bobby Burton]

(Thanks to Longhornnlove for sending this my way.)

There’s a recent Title IX ruling that could impact college sports at large, especially those schools that attempted to cut scholarships for women’s sports.

It came at SFA where the judge ruled that the school must, because of gender equity, reinstitute three women’s sports that were cut.

Next major Title IX issue IMO will be whether or not women’s deserve an equal share of the NIL distribution pie.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/08/01/judge-rules-against-stephen-f-austin-title-ix-case/85466209007/#.

 

[HelloThere]

If the expert witness is correct and SFA is 68% women enrollment but women only have 35% of varsity roster spots, then this case was dead on arrival. That is a strict rule of Title IX as far as I can tell. That alone threw out their argument before the court.

It will be a much more impactful case when a school that fully complies with all Title IX rules actually cut a women’s sports program due to budgetary concerns. 

[Hashtag]

1 hour ago, Bobby Burton said:

(Thanks to Longhornnlove for sending this my way.)

There’s a recent Title IX ruling that could impact college sports at large, especially those schools that attempted to cut scholarships for women’s sports.

It came at SFA where the judge ruled that the school must, because of gender equity, reinstitute three women’s sports that were cut.

Next major Title IX issue IMO will be whether or not women’s deserve an equal share of the NIL distribution pie.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2025/08/01/judge-rules-against-stephen-f-austin-title-ix-case/85466209007/#.

 

Good thing we increased our women's scholarship counts! And no, women do not deserve equal NIL share because they're sports do not make money and revenue isn't federally gifted money. With that said if a school borrows from academic side to pay for NIL they that school specifically should be subject to Title IX policy with regards to NIL.

Edited 6 hours ago by Hashtag

[HDub1995]

1 hour ago, HelloThere said:

If the expert witness is correct and SFA is 68% women enrollment but women only have 35% of varsity roster spots, then this case was dead on arrival. That is a strict rule of Title IX as far as I can tell. That alone threw out their argument before the court.

It will be a much more impactful case when a school that fully complies with all Title IX rules actually cut a women’s sports program due to budgetary concerns. 

It depends on what prong you use. Enrollment numbers are just one option a school can use to comply. 

[Bobby Burton]

A reminder. SFA is now part of the UT system.

[Pwood]

29 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

A reminder. SFA is now part of the UT system.

From a good friend who is a big supporter & active alumnus of SFA, they were thrilled to join the UT system (which offered around $100,000,000, while A&M offered around $30,000,000). They did not want A&M to purchase them for fear they would take away some of their agriculture programs.