Trump Just Set Women’s Sports Back Decades: Adam Minter

Last week President Donald Trump’s administration decided that Title IX gender discrimination protections won’t apply when schools begin directly paying athletes for their name, image and likeness rights — or NIL — later this year. The move rescinds the guidance that was put in place in the last days of the Biden administration.

And just like that, rather than divvy up their millions equally between men’s and women’s sports, colleges and universities are free to send all of the money to male football and basketball players.

The Trump administration’s decision is no surprise, but it’s a slap in the face to ...